Final answer:
To find the area of a rectangle made of squares with 1 inch side length, multiply the length by the width, using the dimensions of the rectangle in squares. If it’s 4 by 2 squares, the area is 8 square inches.
Step-by-step explanation:
The student is trying to determine the area of a rectangle created by squares with a side length of 1 inch. To find the area, we need to multiply the length by the width of the rectangle. If the longer side of the rectangle is twice as long as the shorter side, we could have a rectangle that is 4 squares by 2 squares, which results in an area of 8 square inches. The multiplication sentence would be 4 (length) times 2 (width) equals 8 (area). However, if the prompt mentioned dimensions different from the one provided here, the multiplication sentence would be adjusted accordingly.