Area Worksheets

Types of area worksheets you can make

Understanding area:

• Count the unit squares: count the squares in a rectangle to find its area
• Count squares in shapes: find the area of shapes on grid paper that aren’t rectangles, by counting the shaded squares
• Rows times columns: write a multiplication sentence for a rectangle of squares, like 3 × 5 = 15 square units
• Draw a rectangle with a given area: draw a rectangle on grid paper, like one with an area of 12 square units. The answer key shows one correct rectangle.

Rectangles and squares:

• Area of a rectangle: like 8 cm by 5 cm = 40 cm²
• Area of a square: like 6 ft × 6 ft = 36 ft²
• Area and perimeter: find both for the same rectangle
• Find all rectangles with a given area: list every whole-number length and width, like 24 = 24 × 1, 12 × 2, 8 × 3 and 6 × 4

Other shapes:

• Area of a triangle: acute, right and obtuse triangles, using A = ½ × b × h. On obtuse triangles, the height falls outside the triangle.
• Area of a parallelogram: A = b × h. On some, the slanted side is also labeled, so students have to choose the height.
• Area of a trapezoid: A = ½ × (b₁ + b₂) × h
• Area of a circle: A = π × r², with the radius or the diameter given
• Mixed shapes: rectangles, squares, triangles, parallelograms, trapezoids and circles on one worksheet

Putting it together:

• Find the missing side or height: the area is given, like a triangle with an area of 24 in² and a base of 8 in, so the height is 6 in
• Composite figures: L-shapes, a rectangle with a triangle on top, and a rectangle with a semicircle on one end
• Area of the shaded region: a rectangle with a rectangle cut out, a square with a circle cut out, and the ring between two circles
• Area word problems: rugs, gardens, floor tiles, posters, comparing two rooms, carpet cost, a square sandbox, painting a wall with a window, a triangular sail, a trapezoid garden bed, a round pizza and a sprinkler

Make each worksheet your own:

• use whole numbers up to 10, up to 20 or up to 99, decimals like 3.5, or fractions and mixed numbers like 2½
• for π, use 3.14, use 22/7, or leave answers in terms of π, like 48 + 8π
• use square units, metric units (cm, m), customary units (in, ft, yd), or a mix
• choose small or larger shapes on the grid worksheets
• choose areas up to 24, 48 or 100 when finding all rectangles with a given area
• pick which shapes, figures or shaded regions to include, or mix them
• show the radius or the diameter of circles, or mix both
• choose how many problems to include, from 4 to 20
• colorful pictures, or turn the colors off to save ink
• every worksheet comes with an answer key that shows the work, like A = ½ × 10 × 6 = 30, with a dashed line showing how to split composite figures

Find here a variety of free printable area worksheets. These worksheets will help you test your knowledge of area of many shapes.

Area of rectangles worksheets

Area of triangles worksheets