West Junior High needs to buy a new vinyl pool cover for its swimming pool. Determine the amount of material it will need by finding the area of the pool. The length of a pool is 50 meters and the width is 25 meters. The area = length times width.

Evaluate the formula for the area of a rectangle to solve the problem. Then use the drop-down menus to complete the statements.

First, write the
.

Next, use parentheses when you substitute
for l and
for w.

Now, simplify by
50 and 25.

The school needs
square meters of material to cover the pool.