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Maths
Understand the concept of area
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Put the missing words from the sentence into the correct order: ___ is the measurement of a ___ surface. It measures a ___ space.
1
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area
2
⇔
flat
3
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2D
Which of these shapes is most commonly used for measuring the area of a 2D space, because it tessellates so well and has right angles?
circle
square ✓
triangle
hexagon
Which of the following shapes are rectilinear?
a
b ✓
c
d ✓
What is the most efficient way of finding the area of this rectangle?
Count all of the individual squares.
Count the squares in one column and then count in steps of that number. ✓
Count the squares in one row and then count in steps of that number.
I am counting in threes: 3, 6, 9... Tick all of the numbers that would appear in the sequence when counting in threes.
11
30 ✓
13
21 ✓
18 ✓
Which of these would make one whole?
One half + one half ✓
One quarter + one quarter
One quarter + three quarters ✓
One half + one quarter
One third + two thirds ✓
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