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Class Mural: Break Apart the Wall to Find Area
Grade 3 area practice: split tiled mural walls into two parts, add the areas of the parts, and use the distributive property to find the whole area.
Grade 3MathInteractive · Printable
Aligned to3.MD.C.7.c
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What’s included
- Single worksheet
- Auto-graded online
- 1 Common Core standard
- Printable answer key
- 10 questions
- Classroom-ready
Details
- Format
- Interactive · Printable
- Grade
- Grade 3
- Subject
- Math
- Question types
- Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Short answer, Drawing
About this worksheet
What students practice
- Students split a tiled rectangle into two smaller rectangles and add their areas to find the whole area.
- Students write and check number sentences such as 4 × 7 = (4 × 5) + (4 × 2) that match an area model.
How to use
Use after students can find the area of a rectangle by multiplying. Let them color the two parts of each wall in different colors before they write the number sentences.
Curriculum
Common Core standard covered
Use tiling to show that area follows the distributive property.
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Class Mural: Break Apart the Wall to Find Area
Split a mural wall into two parts and add their areas.

Part 1: Two parts, one wall
The class is painting a mural. Each small square on a wall is 1 foot long and 1 foot wide, so it covers 1 square foot.
How many square feet is part A?
How many square feet is part B?
Add the parts. How many square feet is the whole wall?
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