Monday, July 4, 2011

3rd Grade ~ Area of a Rectangle

This week your child has been learning about area. Area is the square units inside a given shape. There are three differnt strategies that your child has learned in order to determine the area of a rectangle. An example of each is show below.



Counting

 
 Area = 6 square units


Adding
  
Area = 3 units + 3 units = 6 square units


Multiplication

Area = 2 x 3 = 6 square units

    

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