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Worksheet: Areas of Different Shapes Using Unit Squares
Q1:
Find the area of the colored shape by counting square units.
- A 10 square units
- B 16 square units
- C 14 square units
- D 12 square units
- E4 square units
Q2:
How many different rectangles could you make with these 10 square unit tiles?
Make sure that your rectangles use all the squares with no gaps and no overlaps.
Q3:
Suppose each square in the shown grid is a square centimeters. What is the area of the colored shape?
Q4:
Each square is 1 square unit. Each half-square is a square unit. Find the area of the shape.
- A 9 square units
- B 8 square units
- C square units
- D square units
- E square units
Q5:
Noah wants to fill his flower bed with new plants. Each plant needs one square unit of space.
How many flowers should he buy?
Remember to make an estimate by adding the smaller parts to make whole square units.
- A 28 plants
- B 8 plants
- C 20 plants
- D 13 plants
- E 5 plants
Q6:
Liam wants to tile a section of his kitchen wall above his cooker, as seen in the given figure. The wall is rectangular with a width of 2 feet and a length of 6 feet. The tiles Liam chooses are 4-inch-by-6-inch rectangles and are sold in boxes of 10. What is the minimum number of boxes that he will need to buy?
- A6 boxes
- B7 boxes
- C5 boxes
- D8 boxes
- E9 boxes
Q7:
If the area of each is 1, what is the area of the shape below?
Q8:
If the area of each is 1, what is the area of the shape below?
Q9:
If the area of each small is 1, what is the area of the shape below?
Q10:
If the area of each small is 1, what is the area of the shape below?
Q11:
In the given diagram, one square represents 5. Find the area of the shaded part.
Q12:
If the area of each is 1, what is the area of this shape?
Q13:
Each square is 1 square unit. Each half-square is a square unit. Find the area of the shape.
- A 10 square units
- B 9 square units
- C 12 square units
- D 11 square units
- E 13 square units
Q14:
Each flower in Sophia’s window box needs 1 square unit of space to grow.
How many flowers will fill in the window box?
Q15:
This is a photograph of Benjamin’s new house. He needs to know the area of the roof to fit solar panels. Should he count the tiles to find the area?
- A Yes, because the tiles do not overlap.
- B Yes, because the area can be found by counting tiles.
- C Yes, because the tiles cover the whole area.
- D No, because they overlap and cover more than the area of the shape.
- E No, because the square units do not cover the whole area.
Q16:
Fill in the blanks in the following: The area of the given figure .
Q17:
Fill in the blanks in the following: The area of the given figure .
Q18:
Find the area of the quadrilateral giving the answer to the nearest square unit.
Q19:
Find the area of the quadrilateral giving the answer to the nearest square unit.
Q20:
Determine the area of the shown figure.
- A45
- B29
- C55
- D50
- E51
Q21:
Determine the area of the shown figure.
- A28
- B23
- C36
- D32
- E33
Q22:
In the diagram each square represents 10 square centimeters. What is the area of the colored shape?
Q23:
In the diagram each square represents 10 square centimeters. What is the area of the colored shape?
Q24:
The side length of each small square in the grid is one unit.
Find the area of the colored shape.
Q25:
The side length of each small square in the grid is one unit.
Find the area of the colored shape.