Area and Perimeter Year 4 & 5 (30 Worksheets, Rectilinear Shapes)

Count the squares for area, then the edges for perimeter, and build up to composite shapes and missing sides. Every shape is drawn to scale, and its area, perimeter and every side label are read back from the drawing (198 shapes read back), with no overlapping labels.

What is inside:

• Posters, a pre-test and a post-test
• Counting squares and perimeter on a grid
• Perimeter of rectangles and squares in cm and m and rectilinear perimeter with every side labelled
• Missing sides worked out
• Area of rectangles in cm² and m² and composite shapes split into rectangles
• Estimating the area of irregular shapes with whole and half squares
• Same area with a different perimeter, same perimeter with a different area, and area or perimeter?
• Word problems about fences, carpets and fields
• A sort with a sorting mat, task cards with a recording sheet, a tracker and a certificate

Units are always given: cm and m for perimeter, cm² and m² for area.

Matches National Curriculum for England statements including: “measure and calculate the perimeter of a rectilinear figure (including squares) in centimetres and metres” and “find the area of rectilinear shapes by counting squares” (Year 4); “calculate and compare the area of rectangles (including squares), and including using standard units, square centimetres (cm²) and square metres (m²) and estimate the area of irregular shapes” (Year 5).

Format: A4 PDF. Every page is included twice, in colour and in black and white, so you can print whichever suits your printer. An answer key is included. Dashed cut lines mark anything to cut out.