Prepare and assess your children's knowledge of area by downloading and using this Year 6 Area of a Triangle – Counting Squares prior learning resource. This worksheet covers objectives from Year 4 and Year 5 that are linked to the objectives for this lesson in order to prepare children for the new learning. We've created three varied fluency style questions, two reasoning style questions and a problem solving question for children to put their skills to the test.

Use this worksheet at the beginning of your lesson to gauge what your class already know about area before moving onto the main skill of counting squares to find the area of a triangle. Alternatively, this could be used a recap or further support for those who find this concept tricky. A fully explained answer sheet is provided to make marking easy or to use for peer or self marking opportunities.