Crossword Club: Count Unit Squares to Find Area worksheet preview

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Crossword Club: Count Unit Squares to Find Area

Grade 3 area practice with crossword puzzle grids: count unit squares in square centimeters, square inches and letter tiles, and compare areas.

Grade 3MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to3.MD.C.6

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Single worksheet
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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, Short answer, Drawing

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students measure area by counting unit squares in square centimeters and square inches.
Students compare the areas of shapes by counting the unit squares that cover them.
Students explain why area counts every square inside a shape, not only the edge squares.

How to use

Use after introducing unit squares. Let students mark each square with a dot as they count so no square is counted twice.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

Measure area by counting unit squares.

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Crossword Club: Count Unit Squares to Find Area

Count the squares in each puzzle grid to measure its area.

Count the squares

The Crossword Club draws puzzles on grid paper. Count the unit squares in the shaded part to find its area.

1.

Ji-woo's first puzzle is the shaded rectangle. Each small square is 1 square centimeter.What is the area of the shaded puzzle?

square centimeters

2.

Carlos made an L-shaped puzzle. Each small square is 1 square centimeter.How many square centimeters does the whole shaded L-shaped puzzle cover?

square centimeters

3.

Each small square in this word grid is 1 square inch.What is the area of the shaded word grid?

square inches

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