Engage your students in exploring how rectangles with different dimensions can have the same area with the interactive and progressive Area Match: Identifying Area Worksheets. These hands-on activities support students in building a strong understanding of the area formula and how it applies to different shapes.

With scaffolded support across three differentiated worksheets, students will calculate area using grid squares, apply the area formula using provided measurements, and extend their thinking by designing new rectangles with matching areas but different dimensions. Each worksheet includes a student version and a helpful answer sheet for easy checking.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Understand and apply the area formula for rectangles
• ✅ Compare and analyse rectangles with equal areas
• ✅ Use multiplication to calculate area efficiently
• ✅ Explore how dimensions can vary while maintaining area

What’s Included:

• Three differentiated worksheets progressing in difficulty
• Worksheet 1: Uses grid squares to support area calculation
• Worksheet 2: Provides length and width for formula application
• Worksheet 3: Challenges students to draw rectangles with equal areas but different dimensions
• Answer sheets for all worksheets

Materials Needed:

• Printed worksheets
• Pencils and rulers
• Optional: coloured pencils for shading different areas

How to Use:

• • Begin with a class discussion on how area is calculated
• • Use the first worksheet for guided practice with grid support
• • Move to the second worksheet for independent or paired application
• • Use the third worksheet to encourage creative problem solving and reasoning

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use during your area unit for differentiated practice
• 💡 Include in maths rotations as an independent task
• 💡 Display student-created rectangles with equal areas but different dimensions

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Laminate grid versions for reuse with whiteboard markers
• 💛 Encourage students to explain how they know two rectangles have equal area
• 💛 Use student work to launch class discussions about dimensions and multiplication

Area Match: Identifying Area Worksheets provide a structured yet creative way to explore area—supporting mathematical reasoning, fluency, and flexible thinking in your classroom.