Calculating the area of rectangles using length × width, with answers in square units (cm², m²).
Where your child meets this in real life: Working out how much carpet is needed for a room or paint for a wall
Each SEAG paper has 28 maths questions. Questions 29 to 50 are multiple choice with five possible answers, and questions 51 to 56 need a short written answer. With 56 questions in 60 minutes across English and maths, that is about a minute per question.
SEAGReady breaks area of rectangles into 3 steps, taught in order so each skill builds on the last.
Calculate the area of rectangles with single-digit dimensions using length x width, giving answer in square units
Calculate area when one or both dimensions are two-digit numbers
Extract dimensions from real-world contexts and calculate rectangular area
Try three free questions from our area of rectangles course. They start easy and get harder, so you can see where your child's confidence runs out. If they manage the last one without a hint, this topic is probably secure. If not, the steps above show where to start.
Sean has a rectangular photograph that is 5 cm long and 3 cm wide. What is the area of the photograph?
A model museum window measures 24 cm by 8 cm. What is its area?
A community garden has two rectangular vegetable plots. Plot A is 9 metres by 8 metres. Plot B is 7 metres by 6 metres. What is their total planting area?
This is the exact interactive worked example your child sees in SEAGReady. Step through it and watch the method build up.
Hannah is covering a rectangular card with patterned paper. The card is 6 cm long and 4 cm wide.
What is the area of the card?
6 cm × 4 cm
Length = 6 cm
Step 1 of 4
Hannah is covering a rectangular card with patterned paper. The card is 6 cm long and 4 cm wide.
What is the area of the card?
The area of the card is 24 cm².
The key insight: Area counts the squares inside - multiplication is a quick way to count rows!
Common mix-up: 6 + 4 + 6 + 4 = 20 cm. Adding the sides gives perimeter (distance around), not area (space inside).
These are the misconceptions we see most often in area of rectangles, including the ones our practice questions are specifically designed to catch.
Struggling with area of rectangles? The real gap is often in one of these earlier topics.
Sitting the SEAG test this November? Read our last-month revision plan, Paper 1 vs Paper 2 and test day guide.
SEAGReady finds the exact step where your child gets stuck, teaches it with worked examples like the one above, and brings it back for review so it sticks.
Free to start · no card needed