Area of figuresRectangles
Name: Date:
Find the area. Lengths are in cm; the dashed line is the height.
1 cm²
2 cm²
3 cm²
4 cm²
5 cm²
6 cm²
7 cm²
8 cm²
Area of a rectangle worksheets
Once a child has counted enough unit squares, the shortcut arrives: rows times columns. These free printable worksheets ask for the area of a labeled rectangle, which is the standard that turns counting into multiplying.
If they get stuck
Ready for harder? Area & perimeter puzzles — the area and the perimeter are given and the sides are not.
Area of a rectangle
The answer key prints on a separate page.
What's on this sheet
The region is shaded rather than outlined, and that is the one visual difference from the perimeter sheets. It is doing real work: perimeter is a question about the edge and area is a question about the inside, and the picture should not be silent about which one is being asked. A child who has both sheets in front of them can tell at a glance which is which.
Why this sheet works
The side lengths stay inside the times tables. A rectangle of 27 by 33 is a two-digit multiplication drill with a diagram on it, not an area question, so the levels here stop where the arithmetic would take over from the geometry.
How this one works
Area of a 7 by 6 rectangle
- Both numbers you need are sides — no hunting for a height inside the shape, because the side IS the height here.
- So it is one times the other: 7 × 6 = 42 square cm. Nothing halves, nothing averages.