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title: "Splitting Shapes"
description: "Learning video: Together that's 14 squares. 3 by 3 squares and 4 by 1 squares: how many in all?"
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# Splitting Shapes

Learning video 64 · Geometry · Grade 4 · 0:32

## Read the story

This shape looks like an L. What is its area?

We split it into two rectangles.

The big one is 4 by 2, so 8 squares. The small one is 2 by 3, so 6 squares.

Together that's 14 squares.

**3 by 3 squares and 4 by 1 squares: how many in all?**

## Answer and working

Correct! 9 plus 4 is 13 squares.

`9 + 4 = 13`