HOW TO FIND THE ARES

To get the amount of space inside a figure, we use a square to represent 1 unit and we say that the area is measured in square units

Take a look at the following rectangle. To get the area, we are going to draw squares of equal sizes inside of it.



1 square represents 1 square unit. The rectangle has 8 squares, so the area for this rectangle is 8 square units.

We can also write 8 units² and it will mean the same

Notice,it is very important, that you can get the same answer if you multiply 2 square units by 4 square units because 2 × 4 = 8

2 square units represent the measure of the width and 4 square units represent the measure for the length.

Thus, in general, to get the area for a rectangle, just use the following formula:
Area of rectangle = length × width