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title: "Area in Square Centimeters"
description: "Learning video: Five times 3 is 15. The area is 15 square centimeters. A rectangle is 7 cm long and 4 cm wide. What is its area in cm²?"
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# Area in Square Centimeters

Learning video 92 · Geometry · Grade 4 · 0:37

## Read the story

A rectangle is 5 centimeters long and 3 centimeters wide.

We fill it with squares of 1 centimeter: 3 rows with 5 squares each.

Five times 3 is 15. The area is 15 square centimeters.

**A rectangle is 7 cm long and 4 cm wide. What is its area in cm²?**

## Answer and working

Correct! 7 times 4 is 28. The area is 28 square centimeters.

`7 × 4 = 28`