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3.MD.5.a (Mathematics)


Standard Identifier: 3.MD.5.a
Content Area: Mathematics
Grade: 3
Domain: Measurement and Data

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

Standard:
Recognize area as an attribute of plane figures and understand concepts of area measurement. A square with side length 1 unit, called “a unit square,” is said to have “one square unit” of area, and can be used to measure area.

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