Grade 3 Measurement: Area of a rectangle
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What students practice: Rectangle area as length times width.
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Grade 3 · Measurement
Area of a Rectangle
Set 1 · Grade 3 · Measurement
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Easy
A rectangular card is 9 inches long and 5 inches wide. What is the area of the card?
Answer: 45 square inches
A rectangle is 7 centimeters long and 6 centimeters wide. What is the area of the rectangle?
Answer: 42 square centimeters
Standard
A rectangular poster is 12 centimeters long and 5 centimeters wide. What is the area of the poster?
Answer: 60 square centimeters
A rectangular poster is 6 centimeters long and 3 centimeters wide. What is the area of the poster?
Answer: 18 square centimeters
Challenge
A rectangular poster is 18 inches long and 9 inches wide. What is the area of the poster?
Answer: 162 square inches
A rectangular poster is 13 centimeters long and 6 centimeters wide. What is the area of the poster?
Answer: 78 square centimeters
Where this skill fits
- Previous skill: Perimeter of a rectangle
- Next skill: Liquid volume and mass problems
- All grades: Measurement worksheets, Grades 1–5
Related Common Core standards
- 3.MD.C.7 — Relate area to multiplication and addition (rectangle area).
The task matches what these standards describe at this grade. Common Core–informed practice; not a claim of official alignment.