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3rd grade

Course: 3rd grade > Unit 10

Lesson 4: Multiply to find area
Math
3rd grade
Area
Multiply to find area
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Find a missing side length when given area

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Problem

The rug has an area of 20 square meters. The width of the rug is 4 meters.
A curved bracket across the shorter top side of the rectangle is labeled 4 meters. A curved bracket across the longer left side of the rectangle is labeled length.
What is the length of the rug?
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3, slash, 5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7, slash, 4
  • a mixed number, like 1, space, 3, slash, 4
  • an exact decimal, like 0, point, 75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12, space, start text, p, i, end text or 2, slash, 3, space, start text, p, i, end text
meters
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