Area / Perimeter Worksheet
1 a. Find the area of this rectangle.
 
          
          
1 b. Find the area of this rectangle.
 
      
      
      
      
2 a. Find the area of this rectangle.
 
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
2 b. Draw a rectangle with an area of 32 square units.
 
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
3 a. Find the area of this square.
 
   
   
   
3 b. Draw a rectangle with an area of 18 square units.
 
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
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Answer Key

1 a.  The area is 20 square units.

 
1 b.  The area is 24 square units.

 
2 a.  The area is 72 square units.

 
2 b.  Answers vary. All the possibilities for the number of rows and columns are listed below. Some of them may not fit into the grid provided.

1 row, 32 columns OR
2 rows, 16 columns OR
4 rows, 8 columns OR
8 rows, 4 columns OR
16 rows, 2 columns OR
32 rows, 1 column

 
3 a.  The area is 9 square units.

 
3 b.  Answers vary. All the possibilities for the number of rows and columns are listed below. Some of them may not fit into the grid provided.

1 row, 18 columns OR
2 rows, 9 columns OR
3 rows, 6 columns OR
6 rows, 3 columns OR
9 rows, 2 columns OR
18 rows, 1 column

 

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