Third graders find area by tiling a rectangle based on the given side lengths. This helps learners visualize and create the area of a figure. From here, they can count the total number of tiles inside the rectangle to find the answer.

Concepts

area, tiling, area of rectangles

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Advise class members to draw their tiles as neatly as possible for ease of counting
• Students can check their work by writing the corresponding multiplication sentence and solving it

Classroom Considerations

• This is a great way to introduce area to students and show a connection between multiplication arrays and area by tiling
• Print all 10 versions or choose your favorites and print by page
• There are 10 problems on each sheet

Pros

• All 10 versions of worksheets include answer keys

Cons

• None

Common Core

3.MD.C.7.a