Units for Measuring Surface Area | Elementary | Primary

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m1639

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units-for-measuring-surface-area

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Area | Elementary

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Grade 5

Grade 6

Equivalent file in the opposite grade group

Units for Measuring Area and Their Conversion

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Mathematics

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5th and 6th Grade

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fifth-and-sixth-grade

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What are the units used to measure area?

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The conventional units of measurement for area are centimetres squared (|cm^2|), decimetres squared (|dm^2|), and metres squared (|m^2|).

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Example of centimetres squared, decimetres squared, and metres squared

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The units of measurement used to calculate area vary depending on the size of the surface being measured. Larger areas require larger units of measurement.

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3 columns

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33% / 33% / 33%

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To measure the area of an agenda, I use |cm^2.|

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Second column

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To measure the area of a desk, I use |dm^2.|

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Third column

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To measure the area of a chalkboard, I use |m^2.|

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