Five pages that connect area to multiplication. Page 1 shows every square: students count the rows and the squares in a row, then write the multiplication. Page 2 draws only the first row and column, so counting every square is no longer the easy way. Page 3 gives side lengths in centimeters, meters, inches, and feet. Page 4 splits a rectangle in two, like 6 × 8 as 6 × 5 plus 6 × 3. Page 5 has six word problems, one of them working backward from the area to a missing side.
Build one rectangle from square tiles together before page 1 and ask for a faster way than counting one by one. Page 4 is a good place to talk about breaking a hard fact into two easier ones.
Measure a rug, a tablet, or a book in inches together, then multiply to find its area. Ask how many square tiles would cover it.
This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:
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A 5-page area pack for 3rd grade. Count rows of squares and multiply, find the area when only some squares are drawn, multiply length by width, split a rectangle in two and add the areas, and solve area word problems. Answer keys included.
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