Practice finding the area of shapes by counting square units on grids.
Read each problem carefully. Count the square units. Show your work in the space provided.
Find area by counting equal square units
Math - Grade 2-3
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A rectangle is covered by 3 rows of square tiles. Each row has 4 tiles. What is the area of the rectangle in square units?
- 2
Count the square units in the shape. The shape has 2 rows of 5 squares. What is its area?
- 3
Mia draws a square on grid paper. The square has 4 squares along each side. How many square units are inside the square?
- 4
A garden bed is shown on a grid. It has 6 equal square units total. Write the area of the garden bed.
- 5
A rug covers 15 square tiles on the floor. What is the area of the rug?
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A rectangle has 5 rows of squares and 3 squares in each row. What is the area of the rectangle?
- 7
Look at two shapes. Shape A has 8 square units. Shape B has 10 square units. Which shape has the greater area?
- 8
A picture frame is 2 square units tall and 6 square units wide. What is the area inside the frame?
- 9
A shape is made of 9 equal square units. Another shape is made of 12 equal square units. How many more square units does the second shape have?
- 10
Count the full square units in the shaded rectangle. It has 4 rows and 2 columns. What is the area?
- 11
Sam covers a tabletop with square sticky notes. He uses 3 rows of sticky notes with 3 sticky notes in each row. What area does he cover?
- 12
A hallway floor has a tiled section with 7 square tiles. What is the area of the tiled section?
- 13
A rectangle has an area of 18 square units. It has 3 rows of equal squares. How many squares are in each row?
- 14
Nora colors a shape on grid paper. She colors 5 squares in the top row and 5 squares in the bottom row. What is the area of the colored shape?
- 15
Draw or imagine a shape with an area of 8 square units. Explain how you know its area is 8 square units.