Math Drills · Grade 4 (Elementary School)
Area
24 free maths worksheets for “Area” in Grade 4 (Elementary School). Download the question and answer PDFs and print them, no sign-up needed.
WorksheetsWhat this unit covers
Area is put into numbers using the formulas for rectangles and squares. Beyond finding area in cm², m² and km², the unit covers recovering a side from the area, working out Perimeter, splitting L-Shape and Staircase Shape figures into parts, and restating an area in a and ha.
The first error is confusing area with perimeter and answering with the height and the width added together. In unit conversion, many children treat 1 m² as 100 cm² and multiply by 100 when the correct factor is 10000. An answer off by two digits is that mix-up.
This is the first time in elementary math that a shape's surface is measured under the name area. The counting-squares method of Comparing Area in grade 1 is bridged here into finding area by calculation, and that method reaches further once Area in grade 5 takes on triangles, parallelograms and other shapes beyond the rectangle.
Learning steps
- Area of Rectangles and SquaresArea (cm², m²)Large Areas (m², km²)Area of a SquareArea of a Rectangle
- Side Lengths and PerimeterFinding a Side from the AreaPerimeter
- Area of Composite FiguresL-Shape (Two Ways to Solve)T-ShapeShapes with a NotchStaircase Shape (3 Steps)Cross Shape
- Units of Area (cm², m², a)m²→cm²cm²→m²a→m²m²→a
- Units of Area (ha, km²)a→km²km²→aha→km²km²→haha→a, m²a, m²→hakm²→m²m²→km²
- Finding Area and Converting UnitsFinding Area→aFinding Area→haArea of a Rectangle (Expressed in a)
Worksheets
Area of Rectangles and Squares
Side Lengths and Perimeter
Area of Composite Figures
Units of Area (cm², m², a)
Units of Area (ha, km²)
Related study guides
- Understanding Area — Connecting Counting Squares to the Formula
On a grid worksheet, finding area starts with counting squares one at a time. Then, one day, a child who used to count starts writing down just the formula: "length 4 × width 6." Once you stop seeing their finger trace the squares, it's easy to feel like the unit has simply moved on. But ask what the formula means, and sometimes there's no answer. The seam between the counting and the formula is where things come apart later, on combined shapes and on unit conversions. Here's how to keep the two connected.
Frequently asked questions
- What do the “Area” worksheets for Grade 4 (Elementary School) practice?
- They cover problems such as Area (cm², m²), Large Areas (m², km²), Area of a Square, Area of a Rectangle, Finding a Side from the Area, Perimeter, L-Shape (Two Ways to Solve), T-Shape.
- How many “Area” worksheets are there for Grade 4 (Elementary School)?
- 24 worksheets are free to use. Every one is a printable PDF and comes with an answer key.