Grade 3 · Measurement and Data

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.MD.C.6

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

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.