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Pixel Art Lab: One Square Unit at a Time

Grade 3 unit square practice with pixel art: a square with 1-unit sides covers 1 square unit, even when it is turned or cut apart.

Grade 3MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to3.MD.C.5.a

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1 Common Core standard
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10 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 3
Subject: Math
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Sorting, Short answer, Drawing

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students explain that a square with 1-unit sides covers 1 square unit of area.
Students tell unit squares apart from shapes that are not unit squares.
Students use unit squares to measure and build areas in square units.

How to use

Draw one pixel on the board and label each side 1 unit before starting. Students can do Parts 1 and 2 on their own, then share their pixel letters from Part 3 with a partner.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

3.MD.C.5.a

Understand that a unit square covers one square unit of area.

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Pixel Art Lab: One Square Unit at a Time

Use pixels to see what one square unit means.

Part 1: One pixel

In pixel art, each tiny square is called a pixel. Every pixel on this page is a unit square: a square with sides that are 1 unit long. One unit square covers 1 square unit of area.

Zoe zooms in on one pixel from her picture.

How much area does this pixel cover?