Would using a different form of this number make the problem easier?
AREA MODEL MULTIPLY 3 and 1/2 feet by 1 and 1/2.
A. Write the area in each of the four parts of the drawing. Then find 1 the total area.
B. What is the area?
C. What multiplication problem could you use to solve this problem?
3
+
1/2 on top
on the left side it's
1
+
1/2
