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Lesson 2: Count unit squares to find area- Intro to area and unit squares
- Measuring rectangles with different unit squares
- Find area by counting unit squares
- Compare area with unit squares
- Creating rectangles with a given area 1
- Creating rectangles with a given area 2
- Create rectangles with a given area
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Intro to area and unit squares
Together, we'll explore a video introducing area by comparing two figures' space on a surface. Using unit squares, we'll measure their areas, emphasizing the importance of a unit square for measuring various shapes. Created by Sal Khan.
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- how does area help the real world(37 votes)
- I find geometry has many practical uses in everyday life, such as measuring circumference, area and volume, when you need to build or create something. Geometric shapes also play an important role in common recreational activities, such as video games, sports, quilting and food design, ect...(13 votes)
- Plz give me 50+ votes then i will give you a lot of votes(14 votes)
- how he finds the amount is by using unit square(11 votes)
- Using units squared will give you the answer as long as the shape you are measuring can be divided by the area of units squared. So doing this in a mathematical sense without using physical shapes, you would divide the Unit squared by the objects area. Ex. How many times would a 1cm unit go into a 3cm unit, 3 times. Because we multiplied the 1cm unit x3 to get our answer.(4 votes)
- What is it called when it is 4-D(example:3-D,cube units/2-D,square units)?(6 votes)
- There's no name for it yet...
Scientists suggest that 4 Dimensional could be time.(4 votes)
- This is so easy for me because i can just type thisSo we've got two figures right over here, and I want to think about how much space they take up on your screen. And this idea of how much space something takes up on a surface, this idea is area. So right when you look at it, it looks pretty clear that this purple figure takes up more space on my screen than this blue figure. But how do we actually measure it? How do we actually know how much more area this purple figure takes up than this blue one? Well, one way to do it would be to define a unit amount of area. So, for example, I could create a square right over here, and this square, whatever units we're using, we could say it's a one unit. So if its width right over here is one unit and its height right over here is one unit, we could call this a unit square. And so one way to measure the area of these figures is to figure out how many unit squares I could cover this thing with without overlapping and while staying in the boundaries. So let's try to do that. Let's try to cover each of these with unit squares, and essentially we'll have a measure of area. So I'll start with this blue one. So we could put 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, five unit squares. Let me write this down. So we got 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 unit squares, and I could draw the boundary between those unit squares a little bit clearer. So we have 5 unit squares. And so we could say that this figure right over here has an area. The area is 5. We could say 5 unit squares. The more typical way of saying it is that you have 5 square units. That's the area over here. Now, let's do the same thing with this purple figure. So with the purple figure, I could put 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 of these unit squares. I can cover it. They're not overlapping, or I'm trying pretty close to not make them overlap. You see, you can fit 10 of them. And let me draw the boundary between them, so you can see a little bit clearer. So that's the boundary between my unit squares. So I think-- there you go. And we can count them. We have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. So we could say the area here-- and let me actually divide these with the black boundary, too. It makes it a little bit clearer than that blue. So the area here for the purple figure, we could say, so the area here is equal to 10. 10 square, 10 square units. So what we have here, we have an idea of how much space does something take up on a surface. And you could eyeball it, and say, hey, this takes up more space. But now we've come up with a way of measuring it. We can define a unit square. Here it's a 1 unit by 1 unit. In the future we'll see that it could be a unit centimeter. It could be a 1 centimeter by 1 centimeter squared. It could be a 1 meter by 1 meter squared. It could be a 1 foot by 1 foot square, but then we can use that to actually measure the area of things. This thing has an area of 5 square units. This thing has an area of 10 square units. So this one we can actually say has twice the area. The purple figure had twice the area-- it's 10 square units-- as the blue figure. It takes up twice the amount of space on the screen.
Plz give me 50+ votes then i will give you a lot of votes(6 votes) - how do you find the prminiter(4 votes)
- To find the perimeter, find the total number of units (distance) around the edges of the shape.
Have a blessed, wonderful day!(6 votes)
- What if the square unit is cut in half? Would it be some number .5(4 votes)
- Yes, you would have to think of it as 1/2 unit square.(5 votes)
- This is so easy
Plz gie me 50+ votes then i wil give you 50 plus votes!(6 votes) - can i get 3 votes pls🥺(5 votes)
- how do find the area of a triangle?(2 votes)
- The formula:
A = (b * h) / 2
The area is the base times the height, divided by 2.
So, if we had a triangle with a base of 2 and a height of 10, we would do.A = (2 * 10) / 2 = 20 / 2 = 10
Area is 10.(7 votes)
Video transcript
So we've got two
figures right over here, and I want to think about
how much space they take up on your screen. And this idea of how much
space something takes up on a surface, this idea is area. So right when you look at
it, it looks pretty clear that this purple figure
takes up more space on my screen than
this blue figure. But how do we
actually measure it? How do we actually know how much
more area this purple figure takes up than this blue one? Well, one way to do
it would be to define a unit amount of area. So, for example, I could create
a square right over here, and this square, whatever units
we're using, we could say it's a one unit. So if its width right
over here is one unit and its height right
over here is one unit, we could call this
a unit square. And so one way to measure
the area of these figures is to figure out how many
unit squares I could cover this thing with
without overlapping and while staying
in the boundaries. So let's try to do that. Let's try to cover each of
these with unit squares, and essentially we'll
have a measure of area. So I'll start with
this blue one. So we could put 1, 2, 3,
3, 4, 5, five unit squares. Let me write this down. So we got 1, 2, 3,
4, 5 unit squares, and I could draw the
boundary between those unit squares a little bit clearer. So we have 5 unit squares. And so we could say that
this figure right over here has an area. The area is 5. We could say 5 unit squares. The more typical
way of saying it is that you have 5 square units. That's the area over here. Now, let's do the same thing
with this purple figure. So with the purple figure, I
could put 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 of these unit squares. I can cover it. They're not overlapping,
or I'm trying pretty close to not make them overlap. You see, you can fit 10 of them. And let me draw the
boundary between them, so you can see a
little bit clearer. So that's the boundary
between my unit squares. So I think-- there you go. And we can count them. We have 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. So we could say the area
here-- and let me actually divide these with the
black boundary, too. It makes it a little bit
clearer than that blue. So the area here for the
purple figure, we could say, so the area here is equal to 10. 10 square, 10 square units. So what we have
here, we have an idea of how much space does
something take up on a surface. And you could eyeball
it, and say, hey, this takes up more space. But now we've come up with
a way of measuring it. We can define a unit square. Here it's a 1 unit by 1 unit. In the future we'll see that
it could be a unit centimeter. It could be a 1 centimeter
by 1 centimeter squared. It could be a 1 meter
by 1 meter squared. It could be a 1 foot
by 1 foot square, but then we can use
that to actually measure the area of things. This thing has an area
of 5 square units. This thing has an area
of 10 square units. So this one we can actually
say has twice the area. The purple figure
had twice the area-- it's 10 square units--
as the blue figure. It takes up twice the amount
of space on the screen.