Why is area measured in square units?
The area of a shape is the number of unit squares required to completely cover it. The square is measure in square units because: All its sides have equal length The unit of the area itself can be expressed in square units for example, square: if a=4in, the area is 4in*4in=16in^2
depends which students you mean, 2nd graders probably don't know this information Area of a Rectangle comes in Grade 3
Third graders don't know how to clean their own booty much less fully comprehend the area of a rectangle.
