Students compute area.  In this perimeter, area and volume lesson plan, students examine given objects and determine the perimeter, area, and volume of each. 

In this perimeter and area activity, students learn the formulas for perimeter and area and view model problems using tiles. Students work in groups to solve practice problems. Students define perimeter and area and explain why...

Sixth graders explore the relationship between area and perimeter of rectangles. In this area and perimeter instructional activity, 6th graders measure and determine perimeter and area of various rectangles. Students create rectangles...

In this measurement worksheet, students study the different rectangles and then use the given measurements to find the perimeter and area for each.

For this math worksheet, students read an informative chart about how to find the area of quadrilaterals. Students then answer 6 questions in which the area of quadrilaterals is calculated.

Seventh graders review the process of finding the area of a rectangle and complete a couple of examples as a class. They discuss what a parallelogram is and what the formula would be for finding its area. They listen to an explanation...

Money doesn't grow on trees—it grows on walls. Using pictures of a Guggenheim art installation consisting of one-dollar bills glued to a wall, future mathematicians consider the monetary value of the bills used in the installation....

This resource provides a short reading passage, an excerpt from In The Shadow of the Pines by Karen K. Newell, about a family and their sugar cane harvest during the Great Depression. After the reading, there are four multiple choice...

Students model formulas for rectangles and squares. In this area, arithmetic and algebra lesson plan, students explore the formula for the area of squares and rectangles. They use squares to model the formula for the area and identify...

In this area and perimeter worksheet, students solve and complete 4 various types of problems. First, they find the perimeter and area of each shape illustrated. Then, students draw a shape made of rectangles that has a given area.

In this area learning exercise, students solve for the area of rectangles, parallelograms, triangles, trapezoids, kites, regular polygons, circles, and surface area.  The worksheets is divided into seven different sets of problems.

In this area and perimeter worksheet, students find the length or area of seventeen figures.  The figures examined are triangles, trapezoids, parallelograms, rectangles, and hexagons.  Some examples and solutions are...

In this area, perimeter and volume worksheet, students solve and complete 12 various types of problems. First, they calculate the value for each variable in the triangle shown. Then, students find the distance of the ladder against a...

Learners work with given formulas to solve for specific variables. The calculation of the volume of a cylinder and the change in volume when there is a constant surface area is analyzed in this instructional activity.

In this calculating area learning exercise, students find the area of complex shapes. This one-page learning exercise contains 6 multi-step problems.

Students calculate the surface area of cubes, solids and cylinders. In this geometry lesson plan, students define the surface area formulas for different prisms. They calculate the surface area with 100%, and 80% accuracy.

Tenth graders predict the shape of a geometric figure in 3D. In this geometry instructional activity, 10th graders construct 3D shapes to perfect their knowledge of measuring and predicting. This assignment is also available as an online...

In this lengths, areas and shapes instructional activity, students explore overlapping and non-overlapping patterns. They identify the number of objects in a pattern, determine how the pattern may be folded to create additional patterns,...

You can't go wrong with Star Wars! A video set to the Star Wars theme song presents a problem solving situation. The task? Determine how many small Post-It notes will fit on a bulletin board. The problem requires individuals to compare...

Ahoy, matey! Peer through a special telescope to explore the persistence of vision. The telescope has only a thin strip with which to view the world, but as it scans the area, your eye and brain work together to create a complete...

Factor in different strategies in a lesson for factoring quadratics. Young mathematicians first create tables and area models to factor quadratic trinomials into two binomials by guess and check. Learners then investigate how they can...

Give your classes practice at modeling using quadratic models with a resource that uses area and integer problems to allow individuals to create second degree polynomials. Young mathematicians solve equations using factoring and then...

In this geometry learning exercise, 10th graders determine area and perimeter of rectangles, given the width and the length. The one page interactive learning exercise contains ten questions. Answers and hints are included. 

In this math learning exercise, students find the area of shapes by counting the number of grid paper squares inside each shape. This is a learning exercise generator, the teacher controls the complexity of the shapes as well as the grid...