A square metre is a unit of measure equal to a square that is one metre on each side.

Measure the area of flat shapes using square metres

Maths

In this unit pupils will calculate the area of a rectangle using multiplication and use their knowledge of area to solve problems. In the future unit pupils will explain what volume is using a range of contexts and describe the units used to measure volume. They will explain how to calculate the volume of a cuboid.

In the prior unit pupils explained area and measured using counting as a strategy. They made different shapes with the same area and compared the area of different shapes. In this unit pupils will calculate the area of a rectangle using multiplication and use their knowledge of area to solve problems.

Link area of rectangles to multiplication

Which of these surfaces would you measure using square metres? 

How many different ways can this value be expressed?  

Which value shows the best estimate of the whole area?

True. There are 2 squares that each have the area of one square metre.

False. The shapes meet at the vertices so they are two shapes.

True or false? This shape has an area of two square metres.

Which of the shapes have an area of 5 square metres?

Which of these items is approximately a metre in length?

Match the item with the square unit that would be the most useful for finding its area.

Which of these is another way of writing 'square metres'?

one quarter + one quarter + one quarter + one quarter

Which of these sets of fractions total one whole? 

What is the area of this shape? {{ }} cm²

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Measure the area of flat shapes using square metres

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.