LESSON 5 Area Problems

Here are 12 square centimeters. A square centimeter is the area of a square that is 1 centimeter long on each side.

These 12 square centimeters can be put together edge-to-edge to make several different shapes.

Each of the shapes above has an area of 12 square centimeters. This is sometimes written as 12 sq cm.

  1. Draw 2 different shapes with an area of 12 square centimeters. Use Centimeter Grid Paper.