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Grade 5 Area and Perimeter Word Problems Worksheet

About This Resource

A six-question word problem worksheet that asks Grade 5 students to apply perimeter and
area to real classroom and community situations — tiling a floor, fencing a garden,
comparing rice fields, and pricing materials by area or length. Written with internationally intelligible English and currency-neutral pricing so it works for any Southeast Asian classroom.

Overview

Once students can calculate perimeter and area from a labelled diagram, the next step is
recognising which one a real situation calls for — and this worksheet is built entirely
around that skill. Problems progress from single-step area and perimeter questions, to
two-step cost problems (area or perimeter multiplied by a price), to a comparison question,
and finally a subtraction problem that previews composite-shape thinking. A word bank at
the top supports students who are still building English vocabulary around measurement.

Resource Details

Subject: Math
Topic: Area and Perimeter
Category: Measurement
File Type: PDF
File Size: 54.5 KB
Published: 05 Sep 2026
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Use this worksheet after students are comfortable calculating perimeter and area from
diagrams alone. Read the first problem aloud together and underline the key numbers as a
class, then let students continue independently or in pairs. Encourage students to
underline whether each problem is asking for area or perimeter before they start
calculating — this is the most common error at this stage. The working space under each
problem is there for a reason: ask to see it, not just the final answer.

Classroom Use

Real-Life Measurement Walk: Take students to measure the length and width of an actual
space at school — the classroom, a walkway, or a garden bed. Back in class, have pairs
write and solve their own word problem using the real measurements they collected,
modelled on the problems in this worksheet.

Differentiation

Support: Provide the word bank (already included) plus a sentence frame such as
"The ___ of the shape is ___ m² / m, so the answer is ___." Allow students to draw a
diagram for problems 5 and 6 before calculating if one is not provided.
On-Level: Students complete all six problems independently, showing full working.
Challenge: Ask students to rewrite question 6 so that the sandpit is a square instead
of a rectangle, choose their own measurements, and solve their new version.

Answer Key & Assessment

Completed worksheet, checked against the answer key
Observation of working shown for questions 3, 4, and 6
Oral questioning: ask a student to explain how they knew whether a problem needed area or perimeter

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to identify whether a real-life situation requires area or perimeter.
Students will be able to solve one-step and two-step word problems involving area and perimeter.
Students will be able to calculate the total cost of materials using a price per square metre or per metre.
Students will be able to compare the areas of two rectangles and describe the difference.
Students will be able to find the remaining area when one rectangle is removed from another.

Teacher Tips

For question 3 and question 4, have students write the unit of the price ($ per m² versus
$ per m) next to the number before they calculate. Students often multiply the correct
numbers but lose track of which price applies to which measurement.