Area / Perimeter Worksheet
1 a. Find the area of this rectangle.
 
    
    
1 b. Find the area of this rectangle.
 
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
2 a. Draw a rectangle with an area of 15 square units.
 
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
2 b. Draw a rectangle with an area of 40 square units.
 
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
3 a. Find the area of this square.
 
   
   
   
3 b. Draw a rectangle with an area of 6 square units.
 
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
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Answer Key

1 a.  The area is 8 square units.

 
1 b.  The area is 56 square units.

 
2 a.  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, 15 columns OR
3 rows, 5 columns OR
5 rows, 3 columns OR
15 rows, 1 column

 
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, 40 columns OR
2 rows, 20 columns OR
4 rows, 10 columns OR
5 rows, 8 columns OR
8 rows, 5 columns OR
10 rows, 4 columns OR
20 rows, 2 columns OR
40 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, 6 columns OR
2 rows, 3 columns OR
3 rows, 2 columns OR
6 rows, 1 column

 

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