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Understanding Area

Understand that a unit square has one square unit of area and that the area of a plane figure is the number of unit squares that cover it without gaps or overlaps

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Question 1 of 3

A rectangle is drawn on grid paper. Which statement correctly describes its area?

Question 2 of 3

Which description matches a unit square—a shape that has an area of exactly 1 square unit?

Question 3 of 3

On a piece of grid paper each tiny square is 1 cm by 1 cm. Maya draws three shapes: - Shape 1: one tiny square. - Shape 2: a rectangle that is 2 tiny squares long and 1 tiny square wide. - Shape 3: a big square that is 2 tiny squares on each side. Which statement correctly identifies a shape that is a unit square and gives its area?

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