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Area and perimeter worksheets — Class 3 to 6

Free area and perimeter worksheets: count squares, perimeter and area of rectangles and squares, and word problems — drawn shapes, new numbers every set, with answers.

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Count the squares (Class 3)Perimeter of a rectangle (Class 3–4)Area of a rectangle (Class 4–5)Squares (Class 4–5)Area and perimeter word problems (Class 5–6)

Count the squares

Class 3 · Worksheet 1 · set 43
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Count the shaded squares to find the area.

  1. Area = how many square units?
  2. Area = how many square units?
  3. Area = how many square units?
  4. Area = how many square units?
  5. Area = how many square units?
  6. Area = how many square units?
  7. Area = how many square units?
  8. Area = how many square units?

Perimeter of a rectangle

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 2 · set 43
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Find the perimeter.

  1. 3 m4 m Find the perimeter.
  2. 17 m14 m Find the perimeter.
  3. 18 m11 m Find the perimeter.
  4. 12 m7 m Find the perimeter.
  5. 7 m4 m Find the perimeter.
  6. 7 m3 m Find the perimeter.
  7. 14 m11 m Find the perimeter.
  8. 12 m15 m Find the perimeter.

Area of a rectangle

Class 4–5 · Worksheet 3 · set 43
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Find the area.

  1. 7 m10 m Find the area.
  2. 7 cm12 cm Find the area.
  3. 15 cm12 cm Find the area.
  4. 15 m5 m Find the area.
  5. 11 cm8 cm Find the area.
  6. 9 m12 m Find the area.
  7. 3 m8 m Find the area.
  8. 3 cm6 cm Find the area.

Squares

Class 4–5 · Worksheet 4 · set 43
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Solve.

  1. A square has side 17 cm. Find its perimeter.
  2. A square has side 8 cm. Find its area.
  3. A square has side 19 cm. Find its perimeter.
  4. A square has side 21 cm. Find its area.
  5. A square has side 6 cm. Find its perimeter.
  6. A square has side 21 cm. Find its perimeter.
  7. A square has side 25 cm. Find its perimeter.
  8. A square has side 18 cm. Find its area.
  9. A square has side 10 cm. Find its area.
  10. A square has side 14 cm. Find its area.

Area and perimeter word problems

Class 5–6 · Worksheet 5 · set 43
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Read and solve.

  1. A garden is 39 m long and 16 m wide. How much fencing is needed to go around it?
  2. A garden is 26 m long and 22 m wide. How much fencing is needed to go around it?
  3. A garden is 31 m long and 29 m wide. How much fencing is needed to go around it?
  4. A garden is 20 m long and 19 m wide. How much fencing is needed to go around it?
  5. The area of a rectangle is 114 sq cm and its length is 19 cm. Find its width.
  6. A garden is 36 m long and 17 m wide. How much fencing is needed to go around it?

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What is the difference between area and perimeter?

Perimeter is the length of the boundary (the fence); area is the surface inside (the grass). Perimeter is in cm or m, area in sq cm or sq m.

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