1.4 Friday investigation – perimeters and areas

• Mathematics
• Lower Secondary (Key Stage 3)

Friday investigations – perimeters and areas

What am I?: A 2D shape that has 4 sides, 4 corners, and 4 right angles. Opposite sides of my shape are the same length, with one pair being longer than the other pair.

1. Triangle
2. Rectangle
3. Trapezium
4. Parallelogram

What am I?: A 2-dimensional shape with 3 sides, 3 angles, and 3 vertices.

1. Triangle
2. Trapezium
3. Parallelogram
4. Rectangle

What am I? A special type of quadrilateral that has both pairs of opposite sides parallel and equal.

1. Parallelogram
2. Triangle
3. Trapezium
4. Rectangle

What am I? The distance around the edge of a shape.

1. Volume
2. Weight
3. Area
4. Perimeter

What am I? A flat shape with 4 straight sides with exactly one pair of opposite sides parallel to each other.

1. Rectangle
2. Parallelogram
3. Triangle
4. Trapezium

What am I? The total space taken up by a flat (2-D) surface or shape of an object.

1. Weight
2. Perimeter
3. Area
4. Volume

Activities

1. Area of a rectangle
2. Perimeter 
   
3. Area of compound shapes
4. Quadrilaterals in a square

Area of a rectangle

https://corbettmaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Area-of-a-Rectangle.pdf

You will need to print this work sheet or have some squared paper to work on.

Perimeter

https://corbettmaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/perimeter-pdf2.pdf

Record your findings in your maths books.

Do not re-draw the shapes!

Area of Compound shapes

https://corbettmaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Area-of-Compound-Shapes-pdf.pdf

Record your findings in your maths book.

Do not re-draw the shapes!

Quadrilaterals in a square

https://nrich.maths.org/content/id/11105/Quadrilaterals%20In%20a%20Square.pdf

Record your findings in your maths books.

Do not re-draw the shapes!

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