IXL | Find the area of a tiled rectangle using the distributive property

Find the area of the large rectangle. Use the distributive property to help. Each small square has an area of 1 square unit.

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The area is square units.

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Find the area of the large rectangle. Use the distributive property to help. Each small square has an area of 1 square unit.

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The area is square units.

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The large rectangle is 2 units tall and 14 units wide. To find the area in square units, you need to multiply

To make the problem easier, break 14 into

The area of the left rectangle is

The area of the right rectangle is

Add these areas together to get the area of the large rectangle.

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Multiply to find the areas of the left and right rectangles.

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Then, add to find the area of the large rectangle.

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The area of the large rectangle is 28 square units.

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Lesson: Area of rectangles

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