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What Is Area? is a free printable Grade 3 maths worksheet on area as a count of unit squares, aligned to Common Core standard 3.MD.C.5. It prints 4 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 21 of them with different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

Set 8 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 21 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.

What Is Area?

3.MD.C.5

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Count the squares. Area =

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Count the squares. Area =
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Count the squares. Area =
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Count the squares. Area =
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Count the squares. Area =

LessonPrint · 3.MD.C.5 · Set 8 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — What Is Area?

Set 8. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.81 square units
  2. 2.64 square units
  3. 3.16 square units
  4. 4.25 square units

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 3.MD.C.5 of the Common Core State Standards for mathematics.