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Area of Rooms, Rugs, and Gardens

Grade 3 area word problems at a new house: multiply side lengths of rooms, rugs, and gardens, find a missing side, and explain square units.

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Aligned to3.MD.C.7.b

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 12 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 3
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students multiply side lengths to find the area of rectangles in square units.
  • Students find an unknown side length when the area and one side length are given.
  • Students explain why area is measured in square units.

How to use

Use after students have tiled rectangles with unit squares. Encourage them to sketch each room, rug, or garden and label its sides before they multiply.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

3.MD.C.7.b

Multiply side lengths to find the area of rectangles in real-world problems.

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Area of Rooms, Rugs, and Gardens

Multiply side lengths to find areas at a new house.

Find the area

Every room, rug, and garden on this page is a rectangle. Multiply the length by the width to find the area.

1.
The Garcia family buys a bedroom rug that is 6 feet long and 4 feet wide. What is the area of the rug?

  square feet

2.
The kitchen floor is 5 meters long and 4 meters wide. What is the area of the kitchen floor?

  square meters

3.
Aiko hangs a picture frame that is 8 inches wide and 10 inches tall. What is the area of the frame?

  square inches

4.
Mr. Nguyen's vegetable garden is 7 feet long and 3 feet wide. What is the area of the garden?

  square feet

5.
The hallway is 9 feet long and 3 feet wide. Which shows how to find the area of the hallway floor?
  • A. 9 + 3 = 12 square feet
  • B. 9 + 3 + 9 + 3 = 24 feet
  • C. 9 × 3 = 27 square feet

Find the missing side

Use the area and the side you know to find the missing side length.

6.
The living room rug has an area of 40 square feet. It is 8 feet long. How wide is the rug?

  feet

7.
Rosa's flower bed has an area of 18 square meters. It is 6 meters long. How wide is the flower bed?

  meters

8.
The bathroom floor has an area of 42 square feet. One side is 6 feet long. Write the length of the other side.

6 feet ×   feet = 42 square feet

9.
Match each rectangle to its area. One area will not be used.
  1. a closet floor 3 feet by 4 feet
  2. a bath mat 2 feet by 3 feet
  3. a porch 10 feet by 6 feet
  4. a sandbox 5 feet by 5 feet
  1. A. 60 square feet
  2. B. 6 square feet
  3. C. 14 square feet
  4. D. 25 square feet
  5. E. 12 square feet

Think about area

Solve each problem. Explain your thinking when asked.

10.
Rug A is 5 feet long and 6 feet wide. Rug B is 4 feet long and 7 feet wide. Which rug covers more floor?
  • A. Rug B
  • B. Rug A
  • C. Both rugs cover the same amount of floor.
11.
Grandpa covers the mudroom floor with square tiles. Each tile is 1 foot long and 1 foot wide. The floor is 7 feet long and 8 feet wide. How many tiles does he need to cover the whole floor?

  tiles

12.
Why do we write the area of a rug in square feet and not just feet?

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