Primary 5

Mathematics
March 2023
Area and Perimeter – Spatial Visualisation (I)
Primary 5 Mathematics
Term 2 Lesson 1

1.1 Lesson Objective

At the end of this lesson, students would be able to:
● Recap the formula: Area and perimeter of square and rectangle
● Solve word problems involving area and perimeter

1.2 Recap: Area and Perimeter of Squares and Rectangles

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1.3 Word Problems
1. (a) The figure below is made up of 2 squares and a rectangle.
What is the perimeter of the figure?

(b) The figure below is made up of 2 squares and a rectangle. If the breadth of the
rectangle is one-third of the length of the big square.
What is the area of the figure?

Polling #1
The figure is made of 6 equilateral triangles. If the line AB is 14 cm.
Find the total perimeter of the figure.

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2. The perimeter of a rectangle is three times the perimeter of a square. The area of
the rectangle is 6 times the area of the square. Given that the perimeter of the
rectangle is 72 cm, find the area of the rectangle.

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3. In the figure below, it is made up of a square and a triangle. 9
of the square and 5
of
1
the triangle is shaded. If the height of the triangle is 5
of the base of the triangle.

Find the base of the triangle.

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Polling #2
Rachel folded a rectangular piece of paper to form the shape below.
What is the total area of the paper?

4. The rectangle below is divided into 4 parts – A, B, C and D. Area B is 30% of the area
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of the rectangle. Area A is 4
of the area of C. What percentage of the area of D is

the area of A?

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5. The figure consists of 3 overlapping squares A, B and C. The ratio of the area of A to
that of B to that of C is 1 : 4 : 9. If each side of square A is 4 cm and 35% of B is
shaded, find the total unshaded area of the figure.

Polling #3
The figure below is made up of 9 identical rectangles. Find the perimeter of the figure.

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1.4 Non-routine Questions (Challenge)

Can you solve this? Take away 2 sticks to make the equation true.

1.5 Exit Ticket

2 1 2
1. 3 3 + 6
- 1 4 = _____

6 2
2. 11
x 3
x 24 = _____

3. Express 80 cents as a fraction of $2.40.

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4. A 5
m of string is cut into 12 equal pieces. What is the length of each piece in cm?

5. The digit “2” in 14780.26 is in ________ place. The digit 8 has a value of _________.

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