Diagram 1.
Strategy 1.
[tex]A_{Total}=253\cdot31=(200+50+3)\cdot(30+1)[/tex]
If we add all the areas together we get:
[tex]\begin{gathered} A_{Total}=A_1+A_2+A_3+A_4+A_5+A_6 \\ =(200\cdot30)+(50\cdot30)+(3\cdot30)+(200\cdot1)+(50\cdot1)+(3\cdot1) \\ =6000+1500+90+200+50+3 \\ =7843 \end{gathered}[/tex]
Diagram 2.
Strategy 2.
[tex]A_{Total}=253\cdot31=(253)\cdot(30+1)[/tex]
If we add all the areas together we get:
[tex]A_{Total}=A_1+A_2=253\cdot30+253\cdot1=7590+253=7843[/tex]
We can see that we got the same answer: Total area = 7843 quare units
The strategies are similar because they are dividing the total area into smaller ones and then add them together.
However, they are different in that diagram 1 has more areas that are smaller compared to diagram 2. Also, the divisions in diagram 1 are designed to make multiplications easier compared to diagram 2.
