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Year 5
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Year 5
Explain what area is
I can explain what area is.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Some shapes are better than others to cover the surface and count the area.
- The surface of the shape must be covered with no gaps or overlaps; the unit used must tessellate.
Common misconception
Pupils may well have had recent experience of perimeter. Perimeter and area are easily confused.
Remind pupils that running their finger around a 2D shape will give the perimeter. Running it inside the shape will give the area.
Keywords
Polygon - A two-dimensional shape made up of three or more straight lines.
Tessellate - A shape tessellates if copies of it can fully cover a space without overlapping.
'Interrupt the forgetting' by giving frequent quickfire opportunities outside the Maths lesson for pupil to use their fingers to show the perimeter and then the area of an object in front of them.
Teacher tip
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6 Questions
Q1.
What shape is being described here? A flat shape with 4 straight sides of equal length. Every interior angle is a right angle (90°).
Circle
Rectangle
Equilateral triangle
Regular hexagon
Q2.
Which of these images shows a polygon?
Q3.
Match the 2D shape with the correct name.
circle
pentagon
hexagon
square
Q4.
What is the perimeter of the rectangle?
6 cm
5 cm
30 cm
Q5.
What is the perimeter of the square? cm
Q6.
Which of the following shapes would tessellate with itself?
a
b
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6 Questions
Q1.
Fill in the blank: is the measurement of a flat surface. It measures a 2D space.
Q2.
Which of these shapes is most commonly used for measuring the area of a flat surface?
a
b
c
Q3.
Which of these images have an area that can be measured?
Q4.
Which 2D shape appears on all six of the faces of this brick and has measurable area?
Q5.
Complete the sentence: The shape has an area of just over square units.
Q6.
Square units are being used to measure the area of this shape. How many complete square units can be seen in the image?
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