These printable worksheets are the perfect learning activity to introduce your students to the concept and principle of calculating area. Practicing with his resources, students need to break complex shapes into squares and rectangles. As soon as children find their area, they need to add it together and write down the solution in the space provided.
The area of a flat shape or the surface of an object is the space occupied by it. Working with these learning pages children learn that the area, as well as the perimeter, are the two most important characteristics of the size of the shape. Another important idea for them to discover is that objects with the same perimeter can have the different area.
Each worksheet contains six unique complex shapes. Colorful and unusual, they will help the teacher to capture the interest of young learners. These worksheets help children develop their logical thinking skills, ability to break a complex object into simple ones, develop creative thinking and feeling of space.
As an extension of this activity, offer a child to calculate the area of a room in his or her house that has a complex shape. This can be a kitchen with a hall, stairs, or a balcony. These calculations will help to figure out the area of a new carpet needed for it or the area of the floor, which needs a fresh coat of paint.
This activity is suitable for 9-10 years old students, U.S. school 3rd, 4th grades.
These learning pages are suitable for color and black and white printers.
