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You can find the area of this rectangle using the expression

Which expression shows another way to find the area of the rectangle?

What is the area of the rectangle?

Write your answer as a whole or mixed number.

square units

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You can find the area of this rectangle using the expression

Which expression shows another way to find the area of the rectangle?

What is the area of the rectangle?

Write your answer as a whole or mixed number.

square units

The rectangle shows 4 columns of

unit squares. The area of each square is 1 square unit.

The expression

gives the area of the whole unit squares.

The expression

gives the area of the partial unit squares.

So the expression

is another way to find the area of the rectangle.

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The area of the rectangle is 6 square

units.

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