Description
Your students will love these interactive and engaging Multi-Step Area and Perimeter Word Problems. The Simple and Easy-to-Use Google Slides are bright, colorful and have movable pieces! The Video Lesson walks students through solving these problems and is Perfect for Distance Learning. This resource is designed for 4th grade students and aligns to these standards: TEKS 4.5D and CCSS 4.MD.A.3.
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This is Lesson 5 in a 4th Grade Perimeter/Area Series.
Here are links to the other lessons:
- Lesson 1 : 1-step Perimeter and Area Problems
- Lesson 2: 1-step Area Problems with a missing side length (Most problems use long division)
- Lesson 3: Using a ruler to find Area and Perimeter
- Lesson 4: 2-step Area and Perimeter Problems - finding the missing side length using models
- Lesson 5: (This resource) 2-step Area and Perimeter Problems with Comparison phrases to find the missing length (i.e. the length is twice the width).
⭐ Student Devices must have access to You-Tube to view the Video Lesson ⭐
The Video Lesson:
- Teaches students how to find the missing side length when a comparison is given (i.e. the length is 3 times the width, or the length is 4 m greater than the width)
- Teaches students how to break apart multi-step problems
- Walks students through the Google Slides activities they will complete
- Is approximately 7 minutes
⭐Many of the slides are self-checking, so students can work through the activity with confidence.
Topics and Activities Include:
- Finding the Area and Perimeter of Rectangles in multi-step problems where a side length must be calculated
- Fun Google Slides Activities with movable pieces
- Application of Learning in Real-World Word Problems
- Word Problems have optional Step-by-Step support
What's Included?
- Video Lesson with Activity Instructions
- 12 Interactive Activities
- Teacher Key in separate Google Slides™ doc that can be assigned to students to check their work at home with their parents
- PDF with a link to make a copy of the Google Slides™ in your Google Drive
- Directions on how to assign the Google Slides™ activity to students in Google Classroom™
Standards Alignment
CCSS.4.MD.A.3 Apply the area and perimeter formulas for rectangles in real world and mathematical problems. For example, find the width of a rectangular room given the area of the flooring and the length, by viewing the area formula as a multiplication equation with an unknown factor.
TEKS 4.5D Solve problems related to perimeter and area of rectangles where dimensions are whole numbers.
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Teacher reviews
“Great resource to help review the skill.”
“This was SO easy to use with Google Classroom! I used it during at-home learning for flexible instructional days due to weather and in the classroom with students. Very student friendly and very engaging!”
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June 16, 2026
I absolutely loved this station resource! Sometimes the best resources are the ones that keep things simple, and this one did exactly that while still being incredibly thorough. Everything was easy to prep, easy to implement, and clearly designed with classroom teachers in mind. My students stayed engaged and were able to work independently, which made our station time run smoothly. I appreciated how much meaningful practice was packed into the activities without feeling overwhelming. This is the kind of resource I know I'll return to again and again. Thank you for creating something so practical and effective!
Amanda S.
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July 25, 2025
Great resource to help review the skill.
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Grades taught: 4th
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