Area

WALT
1. Calculate the area of regular and irregular 2D shapes.
2. Measure the surface area of specified 3D shapes.
3. Calculate area using ares and hectares.
4. Identify the relationship between square metres and square centimetres.
5. Find the area of a room from a scale plan.
Video
Watch the following clip to remind yourself of the definition and formula for AREA. (stop at 4:45)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCdxURXMdFY

WARM-UP
Open Page 112 of Planet Maths
Observe the 2 multi-coloured shapes in question A and answer the following questions orally:
Model 1:
1. What is the area of the red, blue, green, etc. rectangle?
2. What is the area of the large square (total area)?
3. What is the perimeter of the red, blue, green, etc. rectangle?
4. What is the area of the red and blue, yellow and white, and green and yellow rectangles?
5. What is the perimeter of the green and blue area, pink and blue space?
6. What is the area of all of the shape except for the blue area?
7. What is the perimeter of all of the shape except for the blue, etc. part?
Model 2:
1. What are the areas of the large yellow square and the small yellow square?
2. What is the area of the large yellow square, excluding the small yellow square?
3. What is the area of the large square (total area)?
4. What is the area of the large square, excluding the small yellow square?
5. What are the areas of the large green rectangle and the small green rectangle?
6. What is the area of the large green rectangle, excluding the small green rectangle?
7. What are the areas of the red rectangle and the dark red triangle?
8. What are the areas of the blue rectangle and the dark blue triangle?
9. What are the perimeters of the large green rectangle and the small green rectangle?
10. What is the perimeter of the L-shape formed by combining the large green rectangle with the
large blue rectangle?

Now, complete questions B, C and D in your homework copy.