These printable worksheets are the perfect learning activity to introduce your students to the concept and principle of calculating area. Practicing with these resources, students need to count the squares the sgapeas are broken into and write the number of square units into the space provided.

Each worksheet contains three unique shapes, some of them are complex ones. They can be either demonstrated on the screen, on a digital board or printed out.

This activity provides a smooth transition from calculating the area of squares and rectangles to analyzing and calculating the area of complex shapes.

During this activity, you can teach children the skill of fast counting. To minimize their efforts they need to find larger shapes: squares and rectangles, and calculate their area.

For easier visualization and more fun, ask students first to shade big squares or rectangles in complex shapes.

These printable worksheets are suitable for 7-9 years old students, U.S. school, 1st, and 2nd grades.

These learning pages are suitable for color and black and white printers.