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3.MD.7.c (Mathematics)


Standard Identifier: 3.MD.7.c
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. Use tiling to show in a concrete case that the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths a and b + c is the sum of a × b and a × c. Use area models to represent the distributive property in mathematical reasoning.

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