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Find The Area of Shapes by Counting Squares

In this worksheet, students will calculate the area of simple shapes drawn on a dotty cm grid by counting whole and half squares.

'Find The Area of Shapes by Counting Squares' worksheet

Key stage:  KS 2

Year:  Year 6 Maths worksheets

Curriculum topic:   Measurement

Curriculum subtopic:   Calculate Areas

Popular topics:   Area worksheets

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Worksheet Overview

In this activity, we will learn about the area of simple shapes drawn on a dotty cm square grid.

 

Example

In the following diagrams, we can find the area of each shape by counting squares and half squares.

 

Shape diagrams

 

 All the shapes have an area of 6 cm2 each.

 

Let's have a go at finding the area of other shapes in dotty grids now.

 

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