Question

A table has a length of 4 1/2 feet and width of 2 1/4 feet. Find the area of the table in square feet.(1 point)
Responses

13 1/2 square feet


6 3/4 square feet

8 1/8 square feet


10 1/8 square feet

Answer 1

Use the image to answer the question.

An illustration shows a rectangle of length as whole number 6 start fraction 1 over 2 end fraction centimeters and width as whole number 4 start fraction 1 over 2 end fraction centimeters. The lengths are horizontally positioned and widths are vertically positioned.

Byron calculated the area of the rectangle as 22 square centimeters. What is the error in his reasoning and what is the correct answer?

(1 point)
Responses

Byron found the perimeter of the rectangle. The correct area is 11 square centimeters.
Byron found the perimeter of the rectangle. The correct area is 11 square centimeters.

Byron found the perimeter of the rectangle. The correct area is 22 square centimeters.
Byron found the perimeter of the rectangle. The correct area is 22 square centimeters.

Byron found the perimeter of the rectangle. The correct area is 2414 square centimeters.
Byron found the perimeter of the rectangle. The correct area is 24 Start Fraction 1 over 4 End Fraction square centimeters.

Byron found the perimeter of the rectangle. The correct area is 2914 square centimeters.

Answer 2

6 3/4 square feet

Area = Length x Width
Area = (9/2) x (9/4)
Area = 18/8 x 9/4
Area = 162/32
Area = 5.06 or 6 3/4 square feet

Answer 3

Byron found the perimeter of the rectangle. The correct area is 11 square centimeters.