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Question

A rectangle shows a length labeled 6 centimeters and a width labeled 3 centimeters.

Jacinda draws a rectangle with measurements 6 cm and 3 cm. What is the area of the rectangle in square centimeters?

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Answer 1

To find the area of a rectangle, we multiply the length and the width.

In this case, the length is 6 centimeters and the width is 3 centimeters.

So the area of the rectangle is 6 cm × 3 cm = 18 square centimeters.