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Find the area of the L-shaped figure on the geoboard. How many unit squares does it cover?
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Hints

- Count the unit squares by rows or columns. - You can also split the figure into two rectangles.

Solution

1. The bottom row contains \(3\) unit squares. 2. Two more unit squares are above the leftmost square. 3. The area is \(3 + 2 = 5\) square units.

Answer

The area is \(5\) square units.
5354813
How many unit squares are needed to cover this figure completely? The gray square in the lower-right corner represents one unit square.
Figure for problem 535481

Hints

- Count the unit squares inside the figure. - You can separate the figure into a horizontal row and a vertical column without counting the corner square twice.

Solution

1. The bottom row contains \(3\) unit squares. 2. Three more unit squares are above the leftmost square. 3. The total is \(3 + 3 = 6\) square units.

Answer

\(6\) square units
5317433
Figures A and B are shown on a geoboard. The gray square in the lower-right corner represents one unit square. Find the area of each figure. Area of Figure A: ___ square units Area of Figure B: ___ square units
Figure for problem 531743

Hints

- Count the unit squares inside each figure. - You can organize the count by splitting a figure into small rectangles.

Solution

1. Counting the unit squares in Figure A gives an area of \(5\) square units. 2. Counting the unit squares in Figure B also gives an area of \(5\) square units.

Answer

Area of Figure A: \(5\) square units Area of Figure B: \(5\) square units
5317703
Three figures made with rubber bands are shown on a geoboard. The gray square in the lower-right corner represents one unit square. a) Find the area of Figures A, B, and C in square units. b) Which figure has the greatest area?
Figure for problem 531770

Hints

- Count the unit squares inside each figure. - You may split a figure into smaller rectangles or subtract a missing rectangle from a larger one. - Compare the three areas.

Solution

1. Figure A can be split into a vertical rectangle with area \(3\) square units and a horizontal rectangle with area \(2\) square units. Its total area is \(3 + 2 = 5\) square units. 2. Figure B can be split into a vertical rectangle with area \(2\) square units and a horizontal rectangle with area \(3\) square units. Its total area is \(2 + 3 = 5\) square units. 3. Figure C is a \(3 \times 3\) square with a \(1 \times 2\) rectangle removed. Its area is \(9 - 2 = 7\) square units. 4. Figure C has the greatest area.

Answer

a) Figure A: \(5\) square units Figure B: \(5\) square units Figure C: \(7\) square units b) Figure C has the greatest area.
5317913
Three figures are shown on a geoboard. The small gray square in the lower-right corner represents one unit square. a) Find the area of each figure in square units. b) Which two figures have the same area?
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Hints

- Count the unit squares inside each figure. - You can organize the count by rows or columns. - Compare the three totals to find the matching pair.

Solution

1. Figure A is a \(3 \times 2\) rectangle, so its area is \(3 \times 2 = 6\) square units. 2. Figure B has \(3\) unit squares in the bottom row, \(2\) in the middle row, and \(1\) in the top row. Its area is \(3 + 2 + 1 = 6\) square units. 3. Figure C has \(3\) unit squares in the bottom row and \(2\) more above the leftmost square. Its area is \(3 + 2 = 5\) square units. 4. Figures A and B have the same area.

Answer

a) Figure A: \(6\) square units Figure B: \(6\) square units Figure C: \(5\) square units b) Figures A and B have the same area.
5352673
Do figures a) and b) have the same area? Check by counting the unit squares inside each figure.
Figure for problem 535267

Hints

- Count the unit squares in each figure separately. - You can count by rows or columns. - Compare the two totals.

Solution

1. Figure a) is a rectangle with \(2\) rows of \(4\) unit squares. Its area is \(4 + 4 = 8\) square units. 2. Figure b) has \(5\) unit squares in the bottom row and \(3\) in the top row. Its area is \(5 + 3 = 8\) square units. 3. Therefore, the figures have the same area.

Answer

Yes. Figures a) and b) each have an area of \(8\) square units.
5354413
Two figures are shown on a geoboard. Which figure has the greater area? Find the area of each figure in square units.
Figure for problem 535441

Hints

- Count the unit squares inside each figure. - You can split Figure b) into rectangles. - Compare the two totals.

Solution

1. Figure a) is a square with side length \(3\) units, so its area is \(3 \times 3 = 9\) square units. 2. Figure b) can be split into two rectangles with areas \(2 \times 2 = 4\) square units and \(2 \times 3 = 6\) square units. Its total area is \(4 + 6 = 10\) square units. 3. Since \(10 > 9\), Figure b) has the greater area.

Answer

Figure b) has an area of \(10\) square units, which is greater than Figure a)''s area of \(9\) square units.
5354573
Which figure has the greater area? Justify your answer by finding each area in square units.
Figure for problem 535457

Hints

- Count how many unit squares each figure covers. - Break each figure into individual unit squares. - Compare the two counts.

Solution

1. Figure a) is a \(3 \times 2\) rectangle, so its area is \(3 \times 2 = 6\) square units. 2. Figure b) can be split into a \(3 \times 1\) rectangle and a \(1 \times 2\) rectangle, so its area is \(3 + 2 = 5\) square units. 3. Since \(6 > 5\), Figure a) has the greater area.

Answer

Figure a) has the greater area: \(6\) square units compared with \(5\) square units for Figure b).
5329183
Imagine looking straight at the front of the unit-cube building. Its front view is made of unit squares. What is the area of the front view in square units?
Figure for problem 532918

Hints

- In each column, the tallest aligned stack determines the visible height. - A shorter stack directly behind a taller stack is hidden. - Add the numbers of visible unit squares in the three columns.

Solution

1. Find the visible height in each front-view column by choosing the taller aligned stack. 2. The left column has height \(\max(2,1)=2\), the middle column has height \(\max(3,1)=3\), and the right column has height \(\max(1,0)=1\). 3. The front-view area is \(2+3+1=6\) square units.

Answer

\(6\) square units

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