Rectangular area 0 Overview Using this Resource Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses Working with Students Further Resources This task is about the area of shapes. Question 1Change answer Find the area of each shape. Each square on the flag has an area of 1 cm2. What is the total area of the flag? cm2 Question 1Change answer Each piece of the jigsaw has an area of 1 cm2. What is the total area of jigsaw that has been made? cm2 Question 1Change answer The small square in the middle of this shape has an area of 1 cm2. What is the total area of the shape? cm2 Question 1Change answer Each of the stripes on the flag has an area of 10 cm2. What is the total area of the flag? cm2 Question 1Change answer Each of the longest stripes on this flag has an area of 10 cm2. What is the total area of the flag? cm2 Task administration: This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online (with auto marking displayed to students). Level: 3 Curriculum info: Maths, Geometry and Measurement, Measurement Key Competencies: Thinking Keywords: area, repeated units Description of task: Students calculate the area of a range of rectangular shapes. Curriculum Links: This resource can help to identify students' understanding of area. Learning Progression FrameworksThis resource can provide evidence of learning associated with Measurement sense, set 5 within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks. Answers/responses: Y7 (03/1999) a) 24 easy b) 17 easy c) 9 easy d) 40 easy e) 90 difficult Diagnostic and formative information: Common error Likely reason d) e) 4 9 Answer out by a factor of 10. e) 40 Area of 4 longest stripes rather than the whole flag. Packing sweets How many Xs cover Y Area of shapes III Triangle areas Total area Area and perimeter Packing boxes Setting up tables Working out area Making the largest perimeter Area of four shapes Making different rectangles Different types of measurement Correcting mistakes Area of shapes II Unit square area
