Grade 3 · Measurement and Data

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.MD.C.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.

Read this standard on the official Common Core site

Lessons that teach this standard

• Area of a Rectangle: Length Times Width

  Why the area of a rectangle is length times width, how to find a missing side, why area uses square units, and how to handle L-shaped figures.