Finding area and perimeter (1)

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Please can you help me to sort these shapes into groups with the same
number of square units.
Colour them in to identify them using a different colour for each group.
Hint: each square is one square unit.

a. b.
c.
d.

h.
f.
g.
e.

k.
l.
i. j.

I have drawn a shape below, please can you draw two different
shapes that have the same area.

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I have drawn some shapes below. For each one draw two different
shapes that have the same area.

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Can you find the area and perimeter of each shape. I have
done the first one for you.
Hint: each square is one square unit.

1 unit

1 unit
Shape Area Perimeter

a b
a 5 square units 10 units

b square units units

c square units units

c

d square units units

d e

e square units units

f square units units

f g
g square units units

h square units units

h i
i square units units

j square units units

k square units units

j k
l square units units

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Answers:
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Shapes with 6 square units which should be coloured in one colour are: a, f, k.
Shapes with 5 square units which should be coloured in a different colour are: b, g, h, i.
Shapes with 4 square units which should be coloured in a different colour are: c, e.
Shapes with 3 square units which should be coloured in a different colour are: d, j, l.

Two further different shapes should be drawn on the grid which are each made up of 11 square units.

Page 2
Two further different shapes should be drawn on the grid which are each made up of 7 square units.

Two further different shapes should be drawn on the grid which are each made up of 8 square units.

Two further different shapes should be drawn on the grid which are each made up of 9 square units.

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Shape Area Perimeter
a 5 square units 10 units

b 4 square units 10 units

c 8 square units 18 units

d 6 square units 12 units

e 4 square units 8 units

f 5 square units 12 units

g 5 square units 12 units

h 10 square units 16 units

i 8 square units 16 units

j 13 square units 20 units

k 8 square units 14 units

l 3 square units 8 units

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