Strategy to Measure Area
Lesson Plans and Worksheets for Grade 3
Lesson Plans and Worksheets for all Grades
Common Core For Grade 3
More Lessons for Grade 3 Math
Examples, solutions, and videos to help Grade 3 students learn how to model tiling with centimeter and inch unit squares as a strategy to measure area.
Common Core Standards: 3.MD.5, 3.MD.6, 3.MD.7
New York State Common Core Math Grade 3, Module 4, Lesson 3
Worksheets for Grade 3, Module 4, Lesson 3Application Problem
Jace uses paper squares to create a rectangle. Clary cuts all of Jace’s squares in half to create triangles. She uses all the triangles to make a rectangle. There are 16 triangles in Clary’s rectangle. How many squares were in Jace’s shape?
Possible methods used to solve:
Dividing
Drawing a picture
Skip-counting by twos
Concept Development
Arrange tiles to make rectangles.
1. Each □ is 1 square unit. What is the area of each of the following rectangles?
3. Each □ is 1 square unit. Write the area of each rectangle. Then draw another rectangle with the same area in the space provided.
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