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3.MD.7.b (Mathematics)


Standard Identifier: 3.MD.7.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:
Relate area to the operations of multiplication and addition. Multiply side lengths to find areas of rectangles with whole-number side lengths in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems, and represent whole-number products as rectangular areas in mathematical reasoning.

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