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Planning Zoo Habitats with Area

Grade 3 area practice: multiply side lengths to find the area of rectangular zoo habitats, compare spaces, and solve planning problems.

Grade 3MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to3.MD.C.7.b

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What’s included

  • Single worksheet
  • Auto-graded online
  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 13 questions
  • Classroom-ready

Details

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

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students multiply side lengths to find the area of rectangles in square units.
  • Students compare the areas of rectangles to solve real-world problems.
  • Students explain why multiplying length and width gives the area of a rectangle.

How to use

Use after students have tiled rectangles with unit squares. Let them sketch each habitat on grid paper if they need to, then move on to the planning problems.

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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Planning Zoo Habitats with Area

Multiply side lengths to find how much space each animal gets.

Habitat floors

Each habitat is a rectangle. Multiply the side lengths to find the area.

1.
The meerkat habitat is 6 meters long and 4 meters wide.

6 × 4 =   square meters

2.
The penguin pool is 9 meters long and 5 meters wide.

9 × 5 =   square meters

3.
The bottom of a turtle tank is 3 feet long and 2 feet wide. What is its area?

Area =   square feet

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