Question

Miguel Is building a doghouse.He cuts one sheet of wood to make the front wall.he also cuts out a door that is 2 feet by 2 feet.The dimensions, in feet,are shown in the diagram,

Miguel needs to paint the wood.What amid the area he needs to paint?

1.What is the area of the rectangular piece of wood before the square is cut out? Include units with your answer


2. what is the area of the square that was cut out of the wood? Remember to include units


3. What is the area Miguel needs to paint? Explain how you found your answer.

Answer 1

1. 12 ft squared

2. 4 ft squared

3. 8 ft squared

Explanation:

1. multiply (length x width) to get the area of the piece of wood before it was cut out. 3ft x 4 ft

2. the door is 2 ft x 2 ft so just multiply both

3. area Miguel needs to paint: answer to question 1 MINUS answer to question 2 (as seen in the diagram)