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Area Counting Practice

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Area Counting Practice

Area Counting Practice

Grid squares showing area measurement

📐 Part 1: Understanding Area

1. What is area?

The distance around a shape

The amount of space inside a shape

How tall a shape is

How wide a shape is

2. Which unit do we use to measure area?

centimetres (cm)

square centimetres (cm²)

metres (m)

kilograms (kg)

🔢 Part 2: Counting Square Units

3. Count the squares in this rectangle and write the area:

Imagine a rectangle that is 3 squares wide and 4 squares tall on your grid paper.

I can count _______ squares.

The area is _______ cm².

4. Count the squares in this rectangle and write the area:

Imagine a rectangle that is 2 squares wide and 5 squares tall on your grid paper.

I can count _______ squares.

The area is _______ cm².

5. Count the squares in this rectangle and write the area:

Imagine a rectangle that is 6 squares wide and 2 squares tall on your grid paper.

I can count _______ squares.

The area is _______ cm².

🎨 Part 3: Drawing and Measuring

6. On your grid paper, draw a rectangle that has an area of 8 cm². Show your rectangle below:

My rectangle is _______ squares wide and _______ squares tall.

7. On your grid paper, draw a different rectangle that also has an area of 8 cm². Show your rectangle below:

My rectangle is _______ squares wide and _______ squares tall.

🧠 Part 4: Thinking About Area

8. Which shapes have the same area? (Check all that apply)

A rectangle 2 squares wide and 6 squares tall

A rectangle 3 squares wide and 4 squares tall

A rectangle 1 square wide and 12 squares tall

A rectangle 4 squares wide and 3 squares tall

9. Explain in your own words what area means:
10. Why is it important to use the same size squares when measuring area?

🏠 Part 5: Real-World Area

11. Match each real-world example with why we might need to measure its area:
1. Bedroom floor
2. Garden bed
3. Book cover
4. Table top
A. To know how much soil to buy
B. To know how much carpet to buy
C. To know how much paper to cover it
D. To know how much tablecloth to buy
12. Circle the best method for finding the area of a rectangle:

Measure around the outside edge

Count the square units inside

Measure only the length

Measure only the width

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