Tiles on a Rectangle

In the picture

1. 1A loose square tile: one unit square.
2. 2A square tile in the rectangle: one unit square in the covering.
3. 3The top edge of the rectangle: the length in unit squares.
4. 4The left edge of the rectangle: the width in unit squares.

Examples

• Square floor tiles in a kitchen, counted row by row.
• Square window panes in a grid, counted to see how many cover the window.

Quiz: Tiles on a Rectangle (Age 9)

1. 1

   What does counting all the equal unit squares in a rectangle give you?

   • Only the number of rows of tiles
   • The area of the rectangle
   • The distance around the rectangle
2. 2

   What do you get when you multiply the length of a rectangle by its width?

   • Only the distance around the rectangle
   • The same total as counting its unit squares
   • Only the number of rows of tiles
3. 3

   What does the width of a rectangle mean in this idea?

   • The number of unit squares along the left edge
   • The number of unit squares along the top edge
   • The total number of unit squares covering it

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