Area of Rectangles and Triangles Practice

Question

1. Two rectangles are drawn with chalk. The first has a length of 1.5 meters and a width of 0.75 meters. The second rectangle has a length of 1.75 meters and a width of 0.5 meters. What is the difference between the area of the rectangles?
? square meters

Answer 1

First rectangle:
Area = length x width
Area = 1.5m x 0.75m
Area = 1.125 square meters

Second rectangle:
Area = length x width
Area = 1.75m x 0.5m
Area = 0.875 square meters

Difference in area:
1.125 square meters - 0.875 square meters = 0.25 square meters

Therefore, the difference in area between the two rectangles is 0.25 square meters.