Area Teaching Resources
Explore area worksheets, games, activities and more printable and digital teacher resources created for your maths lesson plans!
Aligned with the Australian maths curriculum, each resource in this area teaching collection has undergone careful review by our maths teachers to ensure it's ready for your students. You'll even find differentiated resources so you can meet the needs of each learner in your classroom.
Are you new to teaching this measurement concept? Or maybe you're just looking for fresh ways to engage your students on the topic? Read on for a primer from our teacher team, including a kid-friendly definition of area.
What Is Area? A Kid-Friendly Definition
When introducing a concept in the maths classroom for the first time, having a kid-friendly definition on hand can be helpful to start the lesson. Here's one that our teacher team likes to use!
Area is the measure of space inside of a shape. Different shapes can have different areas, depending on their size and dimensions.
How to Find Area — A Simple Equation
Finding the area of a particular shape requires our students first know how to measure the length and the width of a particular object. What happens next will depend on the shape.
- For squares and rectangles, you can multiply the length by the width, using the formula Area = Length × Width
- For triangles, the area is calculated using the formula Area = 0.5 × Base × Height
- For circles, the area is calculated using the formula Area = π × Radius²
The measurement of an area is expressed in square units, such as square centimetres (cm²), square metres (m²), square feet (ft²), etc.
Area vs. Perimeter — What's the Difference?
Teaching perimeter often comes alongside teaching students to measure the area of an object. So what's the difference?
- Area — As we already mentioned, the area of an object is a measurement of the space inside the shape.
- Perimeter — The perimeter of an object, on the other hand, represents the measurement of the total length of the sides of a shape.
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Perimeter and Area Dice Game
Use this area and perimeter dice game as a pair activity during your maths lessons on measurement.
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Introduction to Area Teaching Slides
Introduce the concept of measuring the area of regular shapes with this 22-slide instructional slide deck.
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Measuring the Area of a Robot with Informal Units Worksheet
A worksheet to use when measuring area with informal square units.
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Area and Perimeter Paddock Problems – Worksheets
Use these worksheets when working on finding the area and perimeter of shapes using familiar metric units.
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Measuring Area Using Informal Units Worksheets
Use this set of area worksheets to help your students practise measuring the area of regular and irregular shapes using informal (square) units.
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Area Worksheets
4 area worksheets.
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Using Metric Units of Area Worksheets
Use this set of three measurement math worksheets to help your students understand the concept of measuring area in metric units.
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Finding the Area of Composite Shapes Task Cards
Calculate the area of composite shapes with a set of Year 5 Area of Composite Shapes Task Cards.
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Perimeter and Area Poster
A poster that explains and compares the concepts of perimeter and area.
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Area and Perimeter Word Problems
Get students to solve area and perimeter word problems with this set of three worksheets.
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Measuring Area with Informal Units
A worksheet to use when exploring the concept of measuring area with informal units.
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Area And Perimeter Word Problem Task Cards
Use these area and perimeter task cards in your maths lessons to give your students practice solving real-world word problems.
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Area and Perimeter Haunted House - Year 5 Halloween Maths
Design your own haunted house and practise finding the perimeter and area of rectangular figures with an exciting Halloween mathss Activity!
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Area of a Triangle – Worksheet
Practise applying maths formulas with this area of a triangle worksheet.
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Measuring Area Using Informal Units Interactive Activity
Use this set of ten interactive slides to help your students practise measuring the area of regular and irregular shapes using informal (square) units.
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Same Perimeter, Different Area Word Problems – Worksheet
Practise solving multi-step word problems involving objects that have the same perimeter but different areas.
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Area (Measuring Regular and Irregular Shapes) Interactive Activity
Assign this colourful area interactive activity in your next math class to help students practise measuring the area of regular and irregular shapes!
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Area of a Triangle – Task Cards
Use multiplication and division skills to determine the area of a triangle with this set of 24 task cards.
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Three Little Pigs Area Measurement Worksheet
A measurement activity to help students understand how to measure area in squares.
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Perimeter and Area Digital Puzzles
Give students practice finding the area and perimeter of squares and rectangles with these digital area and perimeter puzzles.
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Halloween Area and Perimeter Colour by Number Worksheet
Use these Halloween colour-by-number worksheets to practise identifying the perimeter and area of regular polygons.
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Area of a Parallelogram Worksheet
Practise finding the area of a parallelogram with this maths worksheet designed for year 7 students.
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Area of a Triangle - Maths Game
Practice finding and comparing the area of a triangle with a game of WAR!
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Area of a Parallelogram – Match-Up Activity
Calculate the area of parallelograms and match them with their corresponding areas with this match-up activity.
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Area of a Triangle – Match-Up Activity
Calculate the area of triangle figures and match them with their corresponding areas with this match-up activity.
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Interactive Area Puzzle (Squares and Rectangles)
Find the area of 16 shapes on the board and match the corresponding pieces to reveal a mystery picture.
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Measuring the Area of a Desktop Worksheet
A worksheet to use when exploring the concept of measuring area with informal units.
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Area of 2D Shapes Posters
Area of 2D Shapes - so many rules and formulas to remember!
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Estimation Activity - Estimating Space Worksheet Set
Use estimation activities like this estimating space worksheet set to give your students practice estimating, converting measurements and problem solving.
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Interactive Area Puzzle (Triangles)
Have your students find the area of 16 triangles on the board and match the corresponding pieces to reveal a mystery picture.
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Area of a Parallelogram – Differentiated Maths Mazes
Determine the area of different parallelograms with a set of differentiated maths mazes.
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Jack and the Beanstalk - Informal Measurement Worksheet
A simple worksheet using informal units measurement.