Area is everywhere!

In this video we learn how to find an object's area because it is all around us! We focus on rectangular shapes and tile them to show that area is equal to the product of the length and width. Let's get going!

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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.MD.C.7

Relate area to the operations of multiplication and addition.

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.MD.C.7.A

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.

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.MD.C.7.B

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.

Area is everywhere!

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Area and Perimeter - 3rd grade