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Grade 4 Math Starter Lesson: Solving Area Problems

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Note from the author:
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?

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?

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?