TEKS 3.6C Worksheets — Grade 3 Determine the area of rectangles with whole-number

Kavya is helping her family plan a garden in their backyard in Texas. They want to create a rectangular space for growing vegetables. The garden will be 6 feet long and 4 feet wide. What is the area of Kavya's garden in square feet?

1. 24 ✓
2. 20
3. 10
4. 30

Why: To find the area of a rectangle, multiply the length by the width. Here, the length is 6 feet and the width is 4 feet. So, the area is 6 × 4 = 24 square feet. Therefore, the correct answer is 24.

Ximena is helping her family set up for a picnic at Palo Duro Canyon. They laid out a rectangular picnic blanket that is 4 feet wide and 5 feet long. What is the area of the picnic blanket in square feet?

1. 20 ✓
2. 9
3. 15
4. 24

Why: To find the area of the rectangular picnic blanket, you multiply the width by the length. So, you calculate 4 feet × 5 feet, which equals 20 square feet. Therefore, the area of the picnic blanket is 20.

Victoria is helping her family prepare for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. They have set up a rectangular display area for their animals that measures 4 feet wide and 6 feet long. What is the area of the display area that Victoria helped set up?

1. 24 square feet ✓
2. 10 square feet
3. 20 square feet
4. 30 square feet

Why: To find the area of a rectangle, you multiply the length by the width. In this case, the length is 6 feet and the width is 4 feet. So, the area is 6 × 4 = 24 square feet. Therefore, the correct answer is 24 square feet.

Aisha is planting bluebonnets in her garden in Texas. She wants to create a rectangular flower bed that is 4 feet long and 3 feet wide. How many square feet will her flower bed cover?

1. 12 ✓
2. 7
3. 10
4. 15

Why: To find the area of Aisha's rectangular flower bed, multiply the length by the width. The length is 4 feet and the width is 3 feet. So, 4 × 3 = 12 square feet. Therefore, the flower bed will cover 12 square feet.

Nisha is making a rectangular display of Texas peaches for a school project. The display is 4 rows high and each row has 5 peaches. How many peaches are in the display altogether?

1. 20 ✓
2. 9
3. 12
4. 16

Why: To find the total number of peaches in the display, multiply the number of rows by the number of peaches in each row. Nisha has 4 rows and 5 peaches in each row, so the calculation is 4 × 5 = 20. Therefore, there are 20 peaches in the display.

Kiaan is planning a picnic at a park in Austin, Texas. He wants to set up a rectangular picnic blanket that is 4 feet wide and 5 feet long. What is the area of the picnic blanket in square feet?

1. 20 ✓
2. 9
3. 12
4. 15

Why: To find the area of the rectangular picnic blanket, multiply the width by the length. The area is calculated as 4 feet × 5 feet = 20 square feet. Therefore, the correct answer is 20.

Andres is planting a vegetable garden in his backyard in McAllen, Texas. He has a rectangular garden that is 6 feet long and 4 feet wide. What is the area of Andres's garden in square feet?

1. 24 ✓
2. 20
3. 10
4. 30

Why: To find the area of a rectangle, you multiply the length by the width. Here, Andres's garden is 6 feet long and 4 feet wide. The area is 6 * 4 = 24 square feet. Therefore, the correct answer is 24.

Luis is helping his family at their peach farm in the Texas Hill Country. They have planted 6 rows of peach trees, with each row containing 4 trees. What is the total number of peach trees they have planted?

1. 24 ✓
2. 10
3. 12
4. 20

Why: To find the total number of peach trees, multiply the number of rows by the number of trees in each row. So, 6 rows × 4 trees = 24 trees. Therefore, the correct answer is 24.