T3 Area

Learning content: we are learning about area and the amount of space a 2D shape takes up

Puzzle

Have a look at the puzzle below and see if you can work out what numbers each of the emojis represent.

Activity 2

Colour in a row of 5 squares from white grid paper. This rectangle takes up the space of 5 centimetre squares. The maths way of explaining this is 5 square centimetres. A short cut way of writing this is 5cm²

Now make as many different shapes on grid paper as you can using 5 squares where the squares are all touching on at least one flat side. (You should be able to make 10-12 different shapes!)

Although the shapes all look different, they all take up the same amount of space - they all have an area of 5cm² .

Activity 3

Using grid paper, think about all the different ways 20 square centimetres could look like. Have a look around your room and make a list of 5 things that you think have an area of about 20 square centimetres.

Activity 1

Activity 2

Finish off your Dog project from yesterday.

Activity 1

Have a go at solving these two challenges. There is more than one possibility for each. See how many options you can discover.

Activity 1

Thinking:

If we wanted to measure the amount of space that your bed took up in your bedroom, would you want to count it in square centimetres? Why?

How do you think you could measure accurately how much space your bed takes up?

Now watch the video below.

Below are some suggestions about different ways of making a square metre - read through the site below and think about what you read.

There are a whole lot of different ways of trying this out:

• you could use one of the examples on the website above

• Perhaps you could go outside and mark out a length of 1 metre using chalk. Then try to measure another metre from the end of the line until you have made a square.

• If you have some newspaper and sticky tape you could try making a square metre for yourself by sticky taping pieces of newspaper together, and then you could use your square metre to see how much space large items take up.

Then have a look at that space - that is 1 square metre or 1m² That is quite a lot of space.

Make a list of items that you estimate would take up about 1 square metre of space. Then compare your list with that of another person in your class.

Activity 2

Have a go at some of these challenge cards in the carousel and work them out. Write your answers and show your working in your Maths Scrapbook.