Grade 4 Math Starter Lesson: Solving Area Problems
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In this lesson, you will find the area or missing side lengths in real-world problems.
Essential Question: How can you solve real-world problems involving area?
In this lesson, you will find the area or missing side lengths in real-world problems.
Essential Question: How can you solve real-world problems involving area?
The principal wanted the backboards for the new basketball court to have a length of 6 feet and a width of 4 feet.
What is the area of each backboard?
The principal wanted the backboards for the new basketball court to have a length of 6 feet and a width of 4 feet.
What is the area of each backboard?
Match the word problems with their answers in square yards.
Match the word problems with their answers in square yards.
18 square yards | 36 square yards | |
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Melissa has a garden that is 3 yards wide and 6 yards long. What is the area of her garden? | ||
Omar's floor is 6 yards long and 6 yards wide. What is the area of Omar's floor? | ||
Domique saw a billboard that was 9 yards long and 4 yards tall. What is the area of the billboard? | ||
Afu painted a fence that was 2 yards tall and 9 yards long. What is the area of the fence he painted? |
Your room needs to be 56 square feet to fit a foosball table. If your room is 8 feet long, what does the width need to be?
Your room needs to be 56 square feet to fit a foosball table. If your room is 8 feet long, what does the width need to be?

Option 2:- What length and width could the painting have if its area is 120 square inches?
- Is there more than one length and width it could have? How do you know?
Option 2:
- What length and width could the painting have if its area is 120 square inches?
- Is there more than one length and width it could have? How do you know?