6th grade geometry word problems worksheets

Grade 6 geometry word problems put area formulas to work on printed figures, per 6.G.A.1: parallelograms, triangles, and composite L-shapes. Every problem includes the labeled diagram, and the story says what the shape is in real life, a sail, a garden plot, a floor plan. Answers come out in whole square units.

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The kind of problems you'll get

Solve each problem. Show your work and include units.

  1. A 6 cm by 4 cm rectangle has a 2 cm by 1 cm corner removed.

    Answer: 6 × 4 − 2 × 1 = 24 − 2 ; 24 − 2 = 22 cm².

Most problems on this sheet sit beside a picture, model or diagram, so this is the worked example the sheet itself prints. The answer key on page two prints the answer under every problem.

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What's on each sheet

Every version prints on US Letter or A4, with its answer key after the problems.

How to teach this

The height is the whole game. Have your child find the dashed height line in each diagram and darken it before computing, then ask which number is the base it meets. For L-shapes, let them choose splitting or subtracting, but make them draw the cut line or the ghost corner so the plan is visible in the work space before any multiplying starts.

Watch for: Kids use the slanted side of a parallelogram or triangle instead of the height. Area needs the straight up-and-down distance, the dashed line in the diagram, never the tilted edge. Kids forget the half in the triangle formula and report the full base-times-height rectangle. Every triangle in these problems is half of some rectangle; the divide-by-2 is not optional. Kids find one rectangle of an L-shape and stop. Trace the whole figure first: either split it into two rectangles and add, or take the big rectangle and subtract the notch.

Common questions about geometry word problems

Which shapes are on the sheet?
Parallelograms, triangles, and L-shaped composite figures, mixed. Each problem prints the labeled diagram, so the work is reading the figure and choosing the formula, not sketching from a description.
Why do these count as word problems and not a formula drill?
Each figure lives in a story, a kite panel, a stage floor, a garden bed, and the question asks about the real thing. The drill version of these skills lives on the area pages; this sheet practices pulling the math out of a situation.

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Aligned to Common Core 6.G.A.1. Reviewed by the One more sheet team. Content version 240, updated September 2026.

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