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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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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 10 questions
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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

3.MD.C.7.c

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.

Rosa's group splits their wall into two parts. Part A is shaded dark, and part B is shaded light.
AB
1.
Use Rosa's wall above.

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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