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3.MD.5.b (Mathematics)


Standard Identifier: 3.MD.5.b
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 plane figure which can be covered without gaps or overlaps by n unit squares is said to have an area of n square units.

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