How it works
Area is how much flat space a shape covers. We count it in squares.
For a rectangle, count the squares in one row, then multiply by the number of rows.
Rows times columns is the area.
Worked examples
Tiles on a floor
- A floor has 4 rows of 4 tiles. How many tiles cover it?
- Count the squares in a row, and the rows.
- Rows times columns gives the number of tiles.
- So the answer is 16.
Width and height
- The shape is 9 units wide and 2 units tall. What is its area?
- The sides tell how many in a row and how many rows.
- Multiply the two sides.
- So the answer is 18.
In centimeters
- The card is 9 centimeters wide and 7 centimeters tall. What is its area?
- Each square is 1 square centimeter.
- Multiply the two sides and write square centimeters.
- So the answer is 63.
A taste of the worksheet
These are the first problems of set A. The printable sheet has many more, with an answer key.
- A floor has 3 rows of 2 tiles. How many tiles cover it__
- A floor has 2 rows of 3 tiles. How many tiles cover it__