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Area
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These measurement problems have area and the concept of square units as a focus.
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Interactive resources from our Math Tools project:
Math 4: Measurement
The closest match in our Ask Dr. Math archives:
Elementary Measurement
NCTM Standards:
Measurement Standard for Grades 3-5
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Bunches of Basil
- Lisa Lavelle
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Determine the maximum number of basil plants I will have after I finish thinning the garden.
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Cubic Changes
- Lisa Lavelle
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 4. Determine how the volume and surface area of a cube change when the edge length is changed.
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Football Fanfare
- Suzanne Alejandre and Kristina Lasher
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 1. The students in the pep club are designing a "card stunt" for the halftime show for the next football game. What are the possible seating arrangements they can use?
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Frog Farming
- Claire Mead
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Help Farmer Mead build a rectangular pen that holds the greatest
number of frogs.
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Frugal Flooring
- Marita Paynter
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Help Graeme determine how many tiles he needs to decorate his new bedroom and whether or not he can afford them.
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How Does Your Garden Grow?
- Team 7 Red Math Students -- Highland Middle School
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Elementary, difficulty level 4. Help the HMS students find out how many ways they can arrange their schoolyard garden.
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Jellybean Rectangles
- Lisa Lavelle
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Have fun figuring out strategy in the Jellybean Rectangle game.
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A Larger Garden
- Kristina Lasher
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Can you increase the area of a garden but use less fencing to protect
it from the deer?
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Lawn-Mowing Chore
- Judy Ann Brown
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 4. Find the area of the yard that Josh, Sam, and Mark must mow.
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Lost in Space
- Lisa Lavelle
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 4. Figure out how big an error the engineers made when they mixed up their units.
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Mini-Mall Measurements
- Claire Mead
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Use given measurements of the stores in the mini-mall to find the area
and dimensions of
other stores.
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More Mowing Madness
- George Miller and Lisa Lavelle
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 4. Where should Matt and Georgette change places to evenly split their "Matt-mowing" work?
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Nova Scotia Quilt
- Claire Mead
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Use the area of a rectangular bed quilt to determine its dimensions.
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Pig Pens
- Claire Mead
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Find the rectangle of least perimeter which encloses 36 sq meters of area.
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Pushing Pennies
- Lisa Lavelle
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Estimate the number of pennies that you can fit on a sheet of paper, then evaluate your estimate.
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Puzzling Puzzle Pieces
- Lisa Lavelle
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Explore the ways 108 puzzle pieces can be arranged.
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Rabbit's Run
- Lisa Lavelle
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 1. Help Regina develop options for building her rabbit's run.
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Stained Glass Window
- Jackson First Year Algebra Class
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Elementary, difficulty level 5. Find the size of a stained glass window for my front door.
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Tangrams
- Claire Mead
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Discover some of the relationships among the pieces in a set of Tangrams.
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Teresa's Tiles
- Kristina Lasher
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Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. How many square tiles does Teresa need to cover her bathroom floor?
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