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Year 4 · Maths

Calculate Areas

Year 4 learners practise calculating area by counting squares.

The activities include Calculate the Area of a Rectangle, Calculate the Area of Rectangles Made From Squares and Half Squares, Count the Area of Rectangular Shapes, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, lesson, teaching, worksheet. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Calculate the Area of a Rectangle
  • Calculate the Area of Rectangles Made From Squares and Half Squares
  • Count the Area of Rectangular Shapes
  • Find the Area of Shapes by Counting Squares
  • Solve Problems Involving Areas of Rectangles
  • Work Out the Area of Rectangles

Checked learning resources

  • Measure area using counting with squares as a strategy

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Measure area using counting with squares as a strategy. This Year 4 Oak lesson includes teacher explanation, worked examples and pupil questions showing how to calculate the area of rectilinear shapes made of cm or m squ

  • Calculating Areas Year 4

    Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

    Year 4 collection linking Counting Squares and rectilinear-area lesson packs, worksheets and activities for calculating area by counting squares and solving area problems with rectangles.

  • Planit Maths Year 4 Measurement Lesson Pack Area 3

    Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

    Year 4 area lesson pack for solving problems involving areas of rectangles and rectilinear shapes by counting squares.

  • Measure area using counting with squares as a strategy worksheet and quiz downloads

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    Free worksheet, starter quiz and exit quiz downloads for the Oak lesson Measure area using counting with squares as a strategy.

  • Work Out the Area of Rectangles

    Corbett Maths · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

    Work Out the Area of Rectangles. These KS2 primary maths questions provide worked examples and independent practice to calculate the area of rectangles.

  • Area of Rectangle Worksheets (counting squares, 3rd-4th grade)

    Math Salamanders · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

    Area of Rectangle Worksheets (counting squares, 3rd-4th grade). This Year 4 maths resource provides explanation or practice to calculate the area of rectilinear shapes made of cm or m squares by counting the squares.

  • How Do You Calculate Area of Rectangles? | KS2 Maths Concept for Kids

    YouTube — Twinkl Educational Publishing · Video · Account may be required

    How Do You Calculate Area of Rectangles? | KS2 Maths Concept for Kids supports this the full activity context: In this worksheet, students will calculate the areas of rectangles in cm².

  • How Do You Calculate Area of Compound Shapes? | KS2 Maths Concept for Kids

    YouTube — Twinkl Educational Publishing · Video · Account may be required

    How Do You Calculate Area of Compound Shapes? | KS2 Maths Concept for Kids supports this the full activity context: In this worksheet, students will calculate the area of simple shapes drawn on a dotty cm grid by countin