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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?
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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?

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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?

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?
10 square feet
14 square feet
20 square feet
24 square feet
Match the word problems with their answers in square yards.
18 square yards
36 square yards
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?