Area of Rooms, Rugs, and Gardens
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Multiply side lengths to find areas at a new house.
Find the area
Every room, rug, and garden on this page is a rectangle. Multiply the length by the width to find the area.
1.
The Garcia family buys a bedroom rug that is 6 feet long and 4 feet wide. What is the area of the rug?
square feet
2.
The kitchen floor is 5 meters long and 4 meters wide. What is the area of the kitchen floor?
square meters
3.
Aiko hangs a picture frame that is 8 inches wide and 10 inches tall. What is the area of the frame?
square inches
4.
Mr. Nguyen's vegetable garden is 7 feet long and 3 feet wide. What is the area of the garden?
square feet
5.
The hallway is 9 feet long and 3 feet wide. Which shows how to find the area of the hallway floor?
Find the missing side
Use the area and the side you know to find the missing side length.
6.
The living room rug has an area of 40 square feet. It is 8 feet long. How wide is the rug?
feet
7.
Rosa's flower bed has an area of 18 square meters. It is 6 meters long. How wide is the flower bed?
meters
8.
The bathroom floor has an area of 42 square feet. One side is 6 feet long. Write the length of the other side.
6 feet × feet = 42 square feet
9.
Match each rectangle to its area. One area will not be used.
Think about area
Solve each problem. Explain your thinking when asked.
10.
Rug A is 5 feet long and 6 feet wide. Rug B is 4 feet long and 7 feet wide. Which rug covers more floor?
11.
Grandpa covers the mudroom floor with square tiles. Each tile is 1 foot long and 1 foot wide. The floor is 7 feet long and 8 feet wide. How many tiles does he need to cover the whole floor?
tiles
12.
Why do we write the area of a rug in square feet and not just feet?