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Pool Tile Crew: Two Ways to Find Area

Grade 3 area practice with pool tiles: count rows of square tiles and see that multiplying the side lengths gives the same area.

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Aligned to3.MD.C.7.a

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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

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What students practice

Students find the area of a rectangle by counting rows of square tiles.
Students show that multiplying the side lengths gives the same area as counting the tiles.
Students explain why rows of equal tiles can be counted with multiplication.

How to use

Use after students have covered rectangles with square tiles. Let them count the tiles in the first problems, then check each count by multiplying the side lengths.

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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Pool Tile Crew: Two Ways to Find Area

Count the square tiles, then multiply the side lengths.

Tile and count

Each square tile is 1 foot long and 1 foot wide, so each tile covers 1 square foot.

Workers cover the floor of a kiddie pool with square tiles.

There are rows of tiles going across, with tiles in each row.
Counting every tile gives tiles.
Multiplying the side lengths gives 6 × 3 = square feet.