Question

to find area, Andrea tiled a rectangle and sketched her answerrectangle is 2 1/2 x 2 1/2

Answer 1

To find the area, solve the given multiplication.

Our first step is to convert the mixed numbers into fractional numbers.

$2\frac{1}{2}=2+\frac{1}{2}=\frac{4}{2}+\frac{1}{2}=\frac{5}{2}$

Now, solve the multiplication of fractionals:

$\frac{5}{2}\cdot\frac{5}{2}=\frac{25}{4}$

The area is 25/4.