3rd Grade Math Centers

This rectangle has an area of ___ square units. I know this because ..... ___ square units is greater than/less than ___ square ...

Area Compare Cards: Cut out the 12 cards. Draw and shade a different sized rectangle on each card. ...

Find the Area of a Rectangle Materials: one-inch graph paper, one-inch color tiles, rulers Draw 6 different sized rectangles w ...

Complete the Rectangle Materials: cmgrid paper, rulers, Complete the Rectangle cards Choose a card. Each represents a 1cm squa ...

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Word Problems: Area Materials: Word Problems: Area cards Work with a partner. Choose five word problems that you will both sol ...

A B C ©K-5MathTeachingResources.com D A gardener digs a flower bed that is 6 meters long and 5 meters wide. What is the area of ...

E F G ©K-5MathTeachingResources.com H A rectangle has an area of 24 square centimeters. If one side is 6 cm long, how long is th ...

I J K ©K-5MathTeachingResources.com L Mr. Smith build a square garden box to grow tomatoes. The box has a perimeter of 20 feet. ...

M N O ©K-5MathTeachingResources.com P A rectangular swimming pool has an area of 80 square meters. The width of the pool is 8 me ...

Build Rectangles of Two Colors Materials: color tiles Make a rectangle with 2 rows of 5 tiles. Next, make an adjoining rectang ...

Jack’s Rectangles Materials: pack of rectangles composed of unit squares Jack needed to find the area of a rectangle that was 5 ...

A B D C Rectangle Pack: Copy on cardstock and cut out rectangles for use in center. ...

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Three Rectangles Materials: grid paper or recording sheet Leah and Sam found five different ways to decompose the figure below ...

We found ___ different ways to decompose the figure into three rectangles. In solution ___ the first rectangle measured __ by __ ...

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Find Areas of Rectilinear Figures Materials: pack of rectilinear figures, grid paper Choose a rectilinear figure from the pack ...

I decomposed figure ___ using a vertical/horizontal line. One rectangle measured by . The other rectangle measured by . To fin ...