PERIMETER,

AREA AND
VOLUME
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PERIMETER
• What is perimeter?
• The measurement along the outside of a shape.
• It is calculated by adding the lengths of the sides together.

• 11cm + 8cm +11cm + 8cm

• =38cm
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PERIMETER
• Sometimes we need to calculate the length of a side before we can add them together.

• Long side: 5cm + 3cm

• =8cm
• Short side: 7cm – 5cm
• =2cm
• Perimeter = 8cm + 5cm + 2cm + 3cm + 5cm + 7cm
• =30cm
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PYTHAGORAS AND PERIMETER

When we have a RIGHT-ANGLED triangle, we can use Pythagoras’ theorem.

a2 + b2 = c2
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PYTHAGORAS
• When you are looking for the hypotenuse (long side),
• You ADD.

• When you are looking for the base or height (short sides),
• You MINUS

• a2 + b2 = c2
• 182 + 152 = c2
• 324 + 225 = c2
• 549 = c2
• c = 23,43
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PYTHAGORAS
• When you are looking for the hypotenuse (long side),
• You ADD.

• When you are looking for the base or height (short sides),
• You MINUS

• a2 + b2 = c2
• x2 + 802 = 1002
• x2 + 6400 = 10000
• x2 = 10000 - 6400
• x2 = 3600
• x=
• x = 600
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CIRCUMFERENCE OF A CIRCLE
• The circumference of a circle is the outside measurement or the perimeter.
• Formula:
• Circumference of a circle = 2
• = pi
• = 3,142
• r = radius (length from the center of the circle to the edge.)
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COMPOUND SHAPES
• Break compound shapes down into simple shapes.
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HOMEWORK

• Exercise 4.7 Page 160-163

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AREA
• The amount of space a shape takes up in total.
• This is a FORMULA based equation.
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AREA OF A SQUARE
• Area of a square = Length x Breadth
• Area of a square = l x b
• Area of a square = l2
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AREA OF A RECTANGLE
• Area of a rectangle = Length x Breadth (the longest side is length.)
• Area of a rectangle = l x b
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AREA OF A TRIANGLE
• Area of a triangle = Perpendicular Height
• Area of a triangle = ⊥h
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AREA OF A CIRCLE
• Area of a circle =
• Area of a circle =
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COMPOUND SHAPES
• Break compound shapes down into simple shapes.
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HOMEWORK

• Exercise 4.8 Page 166-169

• Exercise 4.9 Page 170-173