Find the area. Use the area formula.
- A football field is 120 yd long 11. A baseball infield is a
(including the end zones) and square that is 90 ft
about 55 yd wide. About what along each side, or base
is the area of a football field? line. What is its area? - A tennis court is a rectangle that is 78 ft long
and 27 ft wide. What is the area of a tennis court? - Use grid paper and the area formula to draw as many rectangles
as you can that each have an area of 24 square units. Are the
perimeters of the rectangles equal? Explain.
9 m
16 m
10 in.
15 ft
7 ft
25 cm 18 m
23 yd
6 yd
14 in.
12 in. 15 m
55 cm
40 cm
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