Estimating area

This practical task is about finding the area of shapes.

Your teacher will give you 6 shapes and a grid. Use your grid to estimate the area of each shape by counting the squares.

Write your estimate of the area of each shape in the table below.

 

Shape

Estimate of Area

a)

Shape A

 

   

b)

Shape B

 

   

c)

Shape C

 

   

d)

Shape D

 

   

e)

Shape E

 

   

f)

Shape F

 

     

 
 
 
 

Template of Shapes

 

 
Grid Squares