Two rectangles are drawn with chalk. The first rectangle has a length of 1.5 meters and a width of 0.75 meters. The second rectangle has a length of 1.75 meters and a width of 0.5 meters. What is the difference between the area of the rectangles?
The area of the first rectangle is:
1.5 meters × 0.75 meters = 1.125 square meters
The area of the second rectangle is:
1.75 meters × 0.5 meters = 0.875 square meters
The difference between the areas is:
1.125 square meters - 0.875 square meters = 0.25 square meters