Worksheet: Calculating Area in Square Centimeters

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Carefully cut out the centimeter squares and use them to find the lengths of the sides of the rectangles on the 2nd page by placing them in only the first row and the first column. Try to find the area without using anymore squares.

A grid of square centimeters

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A rectangle 6 by 3 centimeter rectangle
A rectangle 4 by 2 centimeter rectangle
A rectangle 4 by 3 centimeter rectangle
A rectangle 5 by 2 centimeter rectangle

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Back to the first finding area worksheet in this series.

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Related Resources

The various resources listed below are aligned to the same standard, (3MD06) taken from the CCSM (Common Core Standards For Mathematics) as the Measurement Worksheet shown above.

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

Example/Guidance

Area

Worksheet

Similar to the above listing, the resources below are aligned to related standards in the Common Core For Mathematics that together support the following learning outcome:

Geometric measurement: understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and to addition