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Example Question #1 : How To Find The Area Of A Rectangle In Pre Algebra
Find the area of a rectangle with a length of 18 meters and a width of 4 meters.
The area formula for a rectangle is . Plug in the values and you get 72. Since area is squared, make sure your units are squared as well.
Example Question #2 : How To Find The Area Of A Rectangle In Pre Algebra
What is the area of a rectangle with a base of and a height of ?
To find the area of a rectangle we multiply the base by the height.
Plug the number for base and for height into the equation to get .
We then multiply to find the answer for the area is .
Example Question #2 : How To Find The Area Of A Rectangle In Pre Algebra
What is the area of a rectangle with a base of and a height of ?
To find the area of a rectangle we multiply the base by the height.
Plug the number for base and for height into the equation to get .
We then multiply to find the answer for the area is .
Example Question #2 : How To Find The Area Of A Rectangle In Pre Algebra
The area of a rectangle is . If the length of the rectangle is , what is the width?
The formula for the area of a rectangle is the length times the width: .
Plug in our given information:
Divide both sides by 8.
Example Question #3 : How To Find The Area Of A Rectangle In Pre Algebra
The area of a quadrilateral is . If the length of one side is , what is the width of the figure?
The area of a quadrilateral is the length times the width, or . The problem gives us the area and the length, so we can solve:
Divide both sides by :
Example Question #6 : How To Find The Area Of A Rectangle In Pre Algebra
What is the area of a rectangle with a length of and a width of ?
The area of a rectangle is the length times the width:
Plug in our given values and solve:
Example Question #4 : How To Find The Area Of A Rectangle In Pre Algebra
If a rectangle has an area of and a length of , what is the width?
The formula for the area of a rectangle is
We can plug in our given information to solve:
Divide both sides by .
Example Question #3 : How To Find The Area Of A Rectangle In Pre Algebra
What is the area of a rectangle with a length of and a width of ?
The area of a rectangle is equal to the product of the length and the width.
We are given both values, so we simply multiply.
Example Question #6 : How To Find The Area Of A Rectangle In Pre Algebra
What is the area of a rectangle with a base of and a height of ?
To find the area of a rectangle we multiply the base by the height.
Plug the number for the base and for the height into the equation to get .
We then multiply to find the answer for the area is .
Example Question #7 : How To Find The Area Of A Rectangle In Pre Algebra
What is the area of a rectangle with a base of and a height of ?
To find the area of a rectangle we multiply the base by the height.
Plug in the number for the base and for the height to get
We then multiply to find the answer for the area is .
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