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Playroom Floor Mats: How Many Square Units?

Grade 3 area practice: count the unit squares that cover playroom mat shapes to find each area in square units.

Grade 3MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to3.MD.C.5.b

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  • Single worksheet
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  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 12 questions
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Details

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

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students find the area of a shape by counting the unit squares that cover it.
  • Students write areas in square units for rectangles and for shapes made of squares.
  • Students explain why shapes covered by the same number of unit squares have the same area.

How to use

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

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

3.MD.C.5.b

Understand that a shape covered by n unit squares has an area of n square units.

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Playroom Floor Mats: How Many Square Units?

Count the unit squares to find the area of each shape.

Count the foam squares

Each small square in a picture is 1 square unit. Count the shaded squares to find each area.

1.
Jada lays foam squares on the floor to make a reading nook. What is the area of the shaded reading nook?

Area =   square units

2.
Mateo makes a play space for his toy cars. What is the area of the shaded play space?

The play space has an area of   square units.

3.
Omar shades a mat for the block corner. What is the area of the shaded mat?
  • A. 10 square units
  • B. 12 square units
  • C. 7 square units
  • D. 14 square units

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