Setting up tables

Setting up tables

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This task is about working out area and perimeter.

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Katie was setting up tables for a cake stall. Below are 3 different ways the tables could be arranged.   
a) i)
Which table has the greatest area?  Table 
  ii)
What is its area?  m2  
b) i)
Which table has the longest perimeter?  Table
  ii) What is its perimeter?  m
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online with auto-marking.
Level:
3
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Geometry and Measurement, Measurement
Keywords: 
area, perimeter, unit squares
Description of task: 
Students calculate and identify the shape with the largest area, and the longest perimeter from three shapes drawn on a grid.
Curriculum Links: 
This resource can help to identify students' understanding of area and perimeter .
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Measurement sense, set 5
within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
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Answers/responses: 
   Y7 (03/1999)
a) i)
ii)		 2
9		 moderate
b) i)
ii)		 3
16		 difficult
Diagnostic and formative information: 
  Common error Likely reason
a) i)
    ii)
b) i)
    ii)		 3
16 or 12
2
9 or 7		 Confuses area and perimeter.
a) i)
    ii)		 1
4		 Confuses length and area.
b) i)
    ii)		 3 or 1
5 or 4		 Confuses length and perimeter.