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     Hi. Where you’re from you may not have trouble with grass growing, but let me tell you, down here in south Texas we have a lot of trouble with grass in our yards ‘cause it dies from the extreme heat.

     So, I have a yard that’s exactly a rectangle, and it is 70 yards long and 50 yards wide. So all I've got to do is take the 70 and multiply it by 50 (which is the length times the width ) and that will give me 3,500 square yards which is exactly my…

Area, area, area
How much space does it take up?
Area, area, area
How much space does it take up?

Take the length and multiply it my the width
Take that length and multiply it by the width

Multiply it by the width
To see…
How much space does it take up?

Area, area, area,
How much space does it take up?

This song is available on Jim Thompson's "Work It!"

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