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Count the Area of Rectangular Shapes (3)

In this worksheet, students count squares and half squares to find the area of each 2D shape.

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'Count the Area of Rectangular Shapes (3)' worksheet

Key stage:  KS 2

Year:  Year 3 11+ worksheets

Curriculum topic:   Maths and Numerical Reasoning

Curriculum subtopic:   Perimeter and Area

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Worksheet Overview

This worksheet is about the area of a shape. This is the amount of space inside a shape and we can work this out by counting squares.

Remember that 2 half squares make a whole square.

 

Example

Find the area of the shaded shapes be counting the squares and half squares. Each square has an area of 1 square centimetre (1 sq. cm or 1 cm2)

 

 

Answer 

There are 20 whole squares and 4 half squares

The area is 22 cm2

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