Five sheets of squared paper sized for A4, each with a different grid, a Name and Date line at the top and no title, so the grid fills the page. Page 1 has 2 cm squares, big enough for young pupils to colour and count. Pages 2 and 3 have 1 cm squares, page 3 with a darker line every 5 cm. Pages 4 and 5 have 5 mm squares, page 4 with a darker line every centimetre. The squares are drawn at their true size: choose Actual size or 100% in the print settings, not Fit to page. For US Letter paper and inch grids, print our Graph Paper: Inch and Centimeter Grids instead.
Hand out the 2 cm or 1 cm paper for area and arrays: pupils shade a 3 by 5 rectangle and count the squares. Use the 1 cm paper for column addition and multiplication so every digit sits in its own square. The 5 mm pages suit bar charts and line graphs in the older years.
Draw a floor plan of a bedroom on the 1 cm paper, one square for each 50 cm, or design a pixel picture by colouring squares.
This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:
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Printable graph paper sized for A4, at true size, with 2 cm, 1 cm and 5 mm squares. Print at 100%, then use it for area and arrays, bar graphs, lining up digits and drawing shapes.
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