1.4 Friday investigation – perimeters and areas

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• Lower Secondary (Key Stage 3)

Friday investigations – perimeters and areas

What am I?: A 2D shape that has 4 sides, 4 corners, and 4 right angles. Opposite sides of my shape are the same length, with one pair being longer than the other pair.

A

Triangle

B

Rectangle

C

Trapezium

D

Parallelogram

What am I?: A 2-dimensional shape with 3 sides, 3 angles, and 3 vertices.

A

Triangle

B

Trapezium

C

Parallelogram

D

Rectangle

What am I? A special type of quadrilateral that has both pairs of opposite sides parallel and equal.

A

Parallelogram

B

Triangle

C

Trapezium

D

Rectangle

What am I? The distance around the edge of a shape.

A

Volume

B

Weight

C

Area

D

Perimeter

What am I? A flat shape with 4 straight sides with exactly one pair of opposite sides parallel to each other.

A

Rectangle

B

Parallelogram

C

Triangle

D

Trapezium

What am I? The total space taken up by a flat (2-D) surface or shape of an object.

A

Weight

B

Perimeter

C

Area

D

Volume

Activities

1. Area of a rectangle

2. Perimeter 
   

3. Area of compound shapes

4. Quadrilaterals in a square

40

m

00

s

+30 s

Area of a rectangle

https://corbettmaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Area-of-a-Rectangle.pdf

You will need to print this work sheet or have some squared paper to work on.

Perimeter

https://corbettmaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/perimeter-pdf2.pdf

Record your findings in your maths books.

Do not re-draw the shapes!

Area of Compound shapes

https://corbettmaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Area-of-Compound-Shapes-pdf.pdf

Record your findings in your maths book.

Do not re-draw the shapes!

Quadrilaterals in a square

https://nrich.maths.org/content/id/11105/Quadrilaterals%20In%20a%20Square.pdf

Record your findings in your maths books.

Do not re-draw the shapes!

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