HOW DO YOU FIND OUT THIS PROBLEM FRAN FOUND THE AREA OF A RECTANGLE BY MULTIPLYING 5 UNITS X 4 UNITS. DRAW FRAN RECTANGLE. LABEL THE SIDE LENGTHS.
The length of the rectangle is 5 units. The width is 4 units. The area is 20 square units.
You can "draw" this rectangle at this site.
http://www.mathopenref.com/rectanglearea.html
To find the area of a rectangle, you multiply the length by the width. In this case, Fran multiplied 5 units by 4 units to find the area of the rectangle.
To draw Fran's rectangle and label the side lengths:
1. Start by drawing a horizontal line to represent the length of the rectangle.
2. Label the length as 5 units.
3. Draw a vertical line perpendicular to the horizontal line to represent the width of the rectangle.
4. Label the width as 4 units.
5. Connect the endpoints of the length and width to complete the rectangle shape.
Now you have Fran's rectangle with labeled side lengths.