Area of rectangles

1 Onthegrid,theareaofeachsquareis1cm2

Calculatetheareaofeachrectangle.

a) c)

b)

2 Completethesentencestodescribetherectangle.

Thereare rows.

Eachrowhas squares.

Thereare squaresaltogether.

× =

3 Theareaofeachsquareis1cm2

Workouttheareaofeachrectangle.

a) c)

× = × =

area= area=

b) d)

× = × =

area= area=

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4 Calculatetheareaoftherectangles.

A= cm2 B= cm2 C= cm2 D= cm2

5 Workouttheareaoftheserectangles.

a) b)

6 Howmanyrectanglescanyoudrawthathaveanareaof24cm2?

Labelthelengths.Yourdrawingsdonothavetobeexact.

Compareyouranswerswithapartner.

7 Theseshapesallhavethesamearea.ShapeAisasquare.

Workoutthemissinglengths.

8 Arectanglehasanareaof96cm2

Thelengthoftherectangleis4cmlongerthanthewidth.

Workoutthelengthandwidthoftherectangle.

length= width=

12mm

4mm

30m 7m

2cm

5cm

2cm

4cm

2cm

3cm

2cm

2cmAB

CD

6cmcm

9cm

3cm

cm

A

C

B