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10.07 Compare areas

Lesson

Are you ready?

Do you remember how to compare numbers? 

Enter the greater than ($>$>) or less than ($<$<) symbol in the box to make this number sentence true.

  1. $66\editable{}73$6673

Learn 

The amount of space covered by a 2D shape is its area.

This video looks at comparing the areas of shapes. 

Apply

Which shape has the smallest area?

  1. A

    B

 

Remember!

Area is the amount of space taken up by a shape or object. 

Outcomes

MA.3.GR.2.1

Explore area as an attribute of a two-dimensional figure by covering the figure with unit squares without gaps or overlaps. Find areas of rectangles by counting unit squares.

MA.3.GR.2.2

Find the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths using a visual model and a multiplication formula.

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