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Unit: Intro to area and perimeter

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Count unit squares to find area

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Understand areaGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Find area by counting unit squaresGet 5 of 7 questions to level up!
Compare area with unit squaresGet 5 of 7 questions to level up!
Create rectangles with a given areaGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

Quiz 1

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Area formula intuition

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Transition from unit squares to area formulaGet 5 of 7 questions to level up!

Multiply to find area

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Area of rectanglesGet 5 of 7 questions to level up!
Find a missing side length when given area Get 5 of 7 questions to level up!

Area and the distributive property

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Area and the distributive property
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Area and the distributive propertyGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

Decompose figures to find area

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Decompose figures to find areaGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

Quiz 2

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Perimeter intro

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Find perimeter by counting unitsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Find perimeter when given side lengthsGet 5 of 7 questions to level up!

Perimeters of polygons with missing side lengths

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Find a missing side length when given perimeterGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

Perimeter word problems

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Perimeter word problemsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

Quiz 3

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Comparing area and perimeter

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Comparing areas and perimeters of rectangles
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Area and perimeter situationsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Compare area and perimeterGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Area and perimeter word problemsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

Area versus perimeter

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Represent rectangle measurementsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Area & perimeter of rectangles word problemsGet 5 of 7 questions to level up!

Quiz 4

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About this unit

Area and perimeter help us measure the size of 2D shapes. We’ll start with the area and perimeter of rectangles. From there, we’ll tackle trickier shapes, such as triangles and circles.