Area and Perimeter

Plot these 9 dots to make a perfect square.

Without taking your pen off the page, try and join all
9 dots together using no more than 4 straight lines.
 AREA
Remember: The The area of a
perimeter of a 1 cm shape is a
shape is a measure of the
measure of 1 cm 1 cm 1 cm2 surface/space
distance around contained within
the outside. its perimeter.
Units of distance Units of area
Area is measured in units 2
mm mm2
cm cm2
Me
tri m m2 Me
c tri
km km2
c

inches inches2
Im
per feet feet2 Imp
i al yards er
yards 2 i al
miles miles2
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1 2 Work out the Perimeter

Extension This is an equilateral triangle

Find an expression for the perimeter if a side is equal to 2x + 4
If the perimeter is equal to 24cm work out x
 AREA
Remember: The The area of a
perimeter of a 1 cm shape is a
shape is a measure of the
measure of 1 cm 1 cm 1 cm2 surface/space
distance around contained within
the outside. its perimeter.
Units of distance Units of area
Area is measured in units 2
mm mm2
6 cm
cm cm2
Me
tri m m2 Me
c tri
km km2
c

inches
3 cm 18 cm 2 inches2
Im
per feet feet2 Imp
i al yards er
yards 2 i al
miles miles2

Area = 6 cm x 3 cm = 18 cm2
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4m
To Find theofarea
2 rows 4 or of a
8 m2 rectangle
4 columnssimply
of 2 8 m2
2m
multiply the 2
2 x 4 or 4 x 2
dimensions together.
5m Area = l x w (or w x l)

3 rows of 5 or
3m 15 m2 5 columns of 3 15 m2
4 rows of 7 or
3
7x 5 or 5 of
columns x 34
4 x 7 or 7 x 4
7m

4m 28 m2 28 m2
 Area

Find the area of the following rectangles 2 cm

1 8 mm 3

3 mm Area = 8 mm x 3 mm
= 24 mm2

20cm
5m
2

4m Area = 4 m x 5 m
= 20 m2 Area = 2 cm x 20 cm
= 40 cm2

Not to
scale
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for all diagrams drawn
throughout this topic

Area of Compound shapes

How can we calculate the area of this compound shape?

Split it into two rectangles.
6 cm

4x6=
4 cm
24 cm²
6 cm
8 cm
8x4=
8 cm
32 cm²
4 cm
24 + 32 =
10 cm
56 cm²
? cm 10 – 6 = 4 cm
 6 cm 6 cm

8 cm2 2 cm 12 cm2 2 cm

4 cm 4 cm

12 cm 8 cm 12 cm
16 cm2 8 cm
24 cm 2

4 cm 2 cm 4 cm

8 cm2 2 cm 12 cm2 2 cm

2 cm
Area = 24 + 8 + 8 = 40 m2 Area = 16 + 12 + 12 = 40 m2
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for all diagrams drawn
throughout this topic

Area of Triangles

What is the area of triangle A?

Hint: What is the relationship between a

rectangle and a triangle?
height
A Hint: How could you use the area of a
rectangle to work out the area of a
triangle?
base
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for all diagrams drawn
throughout this topic

Area of Triangles
What about funny looking scalene triangles. What height do I use

17m
6m
15m

4m

• Use Perpendicular Height– “at right angles to”

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for all diagrams drawn
throughout this topic

Area of Triangles
• Area = base x height The perpendicular
height
2

base

height height
height

base

base
 Area of Triangles
• Find the area of the following triangle.

7cm 4cm
6cm

10cm

Area = ½ x 10 x 6
= 30cm2
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for all diagrams drawn
throughout this topic

Area of Triangles
12cm

15m
8m
9cm 18m
11cm
15cm
5m
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for all diagrams drawn
throughout this topic

Area of Triangles Activity

1 2

20m 20m
17cm
12c 10m
m

6cm 25m

3
27km
5km
3km

30km
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for all diagrams drawn
throughout this topic

Area of Triangles Activity

1 2

20m 20m
17cm
12c 10m
36cm2 m 125m2
6cm 25m

3
27km
5km
3km
45km2
30km
 Area of Parallelogram
How can we calculate the area of this parallelogram?

6 cm

5 cm 7 cm
5c 5c
m m

9 cm
 Area of Parallelogram

A 15 cm² B 56 cm²
C 49 cm² D 64 cm²
Area of Parallelogram

A 20 cm² B 45 cm²
C 180 cm² D 36 cm²
Area of Parallelogram

A 80 cm² B 20 cm²
C 100 cm² D 18 cm²
Area of Parallelogram
Area of Parallelogram
 Area of Trapeziums and Circles
6 cm 6 cm

8 cm2 2 cm 12 cm2 2 cm

4 cm 4 cm

12 cm 8 cm 12 cm
16 cm2 8 cm
24 cm 2

4 cm 2 cm 4 cm

8 cm2 2 cm 12 cm2 2 cm

2 cm
Area = 24 + 8 + 8 = 40 m2 Area = 16 + 12 + 12 = 40 m2
How can we calculate the area of this trapezium?

a b

h h

b a
How can we calculate the area of this trapezium?

b a

a+b

Area of parallelogram = h (a + b)
How can we calculate the area of this trapezium?

a+b

a+b
Area of trapezium = ½ h (a + b)
 a

Area of trapezium = ½ h (a + b)
5 cm ½ x 8 x (5 + 7)
= ½ x 8 x 12
8 cm
= ½ x 96
= 48 cm²
7 cm
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4 5 6

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Plenary
 The Fencing Problem

A farmer has 100m of fencing. She wants to make an enclosure to keep

her ferocious alpacas in. Alpacas like as much space as possible to roam
in or they get angry. What shape enclosure should she create?

Experiment with rectangles that have a perimeter of 100mm and

calculate their areas.

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