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m1625
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surface-area-elementary
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3rd and 4th Grade
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third-and-fourth-grade
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What is area?
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Area is the measurement of a plane figure or surface.
Example: the area of an animal pen corresponds to the amount of grassy surface inside the fence.
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To find the area of a figure, place identical square units inside the figure. The number of square units used to completely cover its surface corresponds to the area of that figure.
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The area of the figure is 9 square units, because 9 small squares completely cover the surface.
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Read the Calculating Area concept sheet to learn how to calculate area.
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Figures of different shapes can have the same area.
Example: these three figures have an area of 9 square units.
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