Learn how to find the area of a rectangle with this Common Core standards aligned app.

Students will:
• Explain how to find the area of a rectangle
• Calculate the area of a given rectangle
• Create and solve problems to calculate the area of rectangles

Grade Level(s)
3 4 5

Common Core Standards
3.MD.5 Recognize area as an attribute of plane figures and understand concepts of area measurement.

3.MD.6 Measure areas by counting unit squares (square cm, square m, square in, square ft, and improvised units).

3.MD.7a Find the area of a rectangle with whole number side lengths by tiling it, and show that the area is the same as would be found by multiplying the side lengths.

3.MD.7b Multiply side lengths to find areas of rectangles with whole number side lengths in the context of solving real world and mathematical problems, and represent whole-number products as rectangular areas in mathematical reasoning.

3.MD.7c Use tiling to show in a concrete case that the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths a and b + c is the sum of a * b and a * c. Use area models to represent the distributive property in mathematical reasoning.