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Sunny Rooftops: Solar Panels and Square Units

Grade 3 area practice: count the square solar panels that cover each roof with no gaps or overlaps to find its 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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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 3
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students find the area of a figure by counting the unit squares that cover it.
  • Students explain that a figure covered by n unit squares with no gaps or overlaps has an area of n square units.
  • Students compare figures with different shapes that have the same area.

How to use

Use after students know what a unit square is. Have them put a small dot on each panel as they count so no square is 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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Sunny Rooftops: Solar Panels and Square Units

Count the square panels that cover each roof to find its area.

Count the panels

Each small square is one solar panel. Each panel is a unit square, so it covers 1 square unit. The shaded squares show the panels on each roof.

1.
Panels cover the whole library roof.

How many panels cover the roof?   panels
What is the area of the roof?   square units

2.
The school roof is shaped like the letter L. Panels cover the whole roof. What is the area of the whole roof?

The school roof has an area of   square units.

3.
The fire station roof is shaped like a plus sign. Panels cover the whole roof. What is the area of the roof?
  • A. 16 square units
  • B. 36 square units
  • C. 20 square units
  • D. 12 square units

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