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3rd Grade Area Concepts worksheets

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Area Concepts

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1.
This square floor is covered with unit tiles. What is its area?
- 81 square units
- 18 square units
- 36 square units
- 32 square units
2.
Which has the greater area: a 6 by 4 rectangle or a 5 by 5 square?
- They have the same area
- The square, by 1 square unit
- The rectangle, by 2 square units
- The rectangle, by 1 square unit
3.
This picture shows one part of an L-shaped rug. The other part is a 2 by 4 rectangle. What is the area of the whole rug?
- 18 square units
- 24 square units
- 26 square units
- 15 square units
4.
A rectangle has an area of 36 square units. One side is 4 units long. How long is the other side?
- 9 units
- 8 units
- 32 units
- 18 units
How many unit squares cover this rectangle?
A rug covers 42 square feet. It is 7 feet long. How many feet wide is it?
7.
Each square is 1 square meter. A rug covers this whole grid except the bottom row. What area does the rug cover?
- 36 square meters
- 44 square meters
- 40 square meters
- 45 square meters
8.
A garden is made of two rectangles that do not overlap. One part is 4 by 3. The other part is 2 by 5. What is the total area?
- 12 square units
- 14 square units
- 20 square units
- 22 square units
9.
Jo tiles an 8 by 4 rectangle. She counts only the squares around the edge. What does she count, and what is the true area?
- She counts 12; the area is 32
- She counts 20; the area is 24
- She counts 24; the area is 32
- She counts 20; the area is 32
10.
Which rectangle has the same area as this one, but a different shape?
- 4 by 4
- 2 by 9
- 3 by 5
- 3 by 7

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About this worksheet

This Grade 3 math worksheet gives focused practice with area concepts using short, self-checking problems. The Grade 3 reference book revisits the skill through models, equations, and word problems, so this page rotates across direct calculation, reasoning, visual interpretation, and explanation prompts. Students should read what the question asks before choosing an operation or model. Each level has its own questions: support versions use friendlier numbers and three answer choices, standard versions work at grade level, and challenge versions add two-step and reasoning questions.

Encourage children to write or say the equation that matches the story, then check whether the answer fits the context. The goal is not just getting a number; it is explaining why that number answers the particular Grade 3 problem. Each item keeps the standard narrow enough for practice while still using varied situations so the page does not feel like one repeated drill.