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What is the area of a rectangle with the length of 24 inches and the width of 15 inches?

To find area you multiple length times width. So you would take 24 x 15 which equals 360, because 5 x 4 is 20, write the zero under the equal sign, cary the 2. 5 x 2 is 10 plus 2 equals 12. The first number under the equal line is 120. Next write a zero under the 120 in the ones column to signify multiplying the 10s. 1 x 4 is 4 and 1 x 2 is 2. The second number then would be 240. Add the two numbers together 120 +240= 360. Then you need to label. The area would be 360 inches squared.

In the book, "Bridge to Terabithia" the character Jess smiles at Leslie during music class. Why did Jess smile are her? What is this significance of the smile?

Jess smiled at Leslie in the music room because he realized that he can be friends with a girl who is considered odd. This illustrated that Jess is standing up against peer pressure and becoming more self-confident.

What is an appositive, and why are they used?

An appositive is an interrupter in the sentence. They are used to add more details about a noun into your sentence. For example: Boston, headquarters for the Sons of Liberty, was an important city during the American Revolution. With an appositive you need to have commas around the phrase adding information, and the sentence will still make sense if you take the appositive out.