Originally Posted by Tallulah
The way I worded the question (using 2x2 duplo blocks) was "see, this block covers one square of the paper."
I then laid out four blocks tight together.
"this is one way to arrange them"
move the blocks apart
"this is another way. Which arrangement covers more of the paper?"

Oooh, thanks for the wording! My 7yo does not have conservation of area.