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Game Board Makers: Tile It, Then Multiply

Grade 3 area practice: count the square spaces on game boards and show the count matches multiplying the side lengths.

Grade 3MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to3.MD.C.7.a

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Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 3
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer, Drawing

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students find the area of a rectangle by counting the unit squares that tile it.
  • Students show that tiling a rectangle gives the same area as multiplying its side lengths.
  • Students use rows of unit squares to find a missing side length of a rectangle.

How to use

Use after students know that a square with 1-inch sides covers 1 square inch. Have them count the squares in Section 1 first, then check each count by multiplying.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

3.MD.C.7.a

Find the area of a rectangle by tiling it and show it equals multiplying the side lengths.

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Game Board Makers: Tile It, Then Multiply

Count the square spaces on each game board, then multiply the side lengths.

Count the spaces

Each square space on a game board is 1 inch long and 1 inch wide. It covers 1 square inch.

1.
Priya makes a racing game board.6 in4 in

Count the square spaces one by one:   spaces
Multiply the side lengths: 6 × 4 =   square inches

2.
Which multiplication fact tells how many square spaces are on Theo's board?
  • A. 3 + 8 = 11
  • B. 4 × 8 = 32
  • C. 3 × 8 = 24
  • D. 3 × 7 = 21
3.
The game club cut out four boards, A, B, C, and D. Circle the letter of every board that has an area of exactly 12 square inches.ABCD

ABCD

Rows of spaces

Think of each board as rows of square spaces. Then multiply the side lengths.

4.
Kofi's board has 3 rows of square spaces.7 in3 in

How many spaces are in each row?   spaces
Add the rows: 7 + 7 + 7 =   spaces
Multiply the side lengths: 7 × 3 =   square inches

5.
Ruby counts the spaces on this board one by one and gets 28. Mateo multiplies the side lengths, 6 × 5, and gets 30 square inches. Who found the correct area?6 in5 in
  • A. Only Ruby
  • B. Only Mateo
  • C. Both Ruby and Mateo
  • D. Neither Ruby nor Mateo
6.
Omar's board is covered by 24 square spaces in 4 equal rows. Its left side is 4 inches long.? in4 in

How many spaces are in each row?   spaces
How long is the top side of the board?   inches

7.
Each board is covered with 1-inch square spaces. Sort the boards by their area.
4 in by 4 in3 in by 7 in2 in by 9 in5 in by 4 in6 in by 3 in8 in by 3 in
Less than 20 square inches20 square inches or more

Design a board

Use what you know about square spaces and multiplication.

8.
The club must choose between two boards.
Board PBoard Q

Area of board P:   square inches
Area of board Q:   square inches
Which board has more square spaces? Write P or Q:  

9.
A board is 9 inches long and 4 inches wide. Explain why 9 × 4 gives the same number as counting every 1-inch square space on the board.
10.
Each small square on this grid is 1 square inch. Draw a rectangle board that covers exactly 18 squares. Then write a multiplication fact for your board next to it.

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