Tuesday, 8 December 2020

DLO area

 We are learning to calculate the perimeter, area and volume of shapes:


Our task:


Make two different shapes, using the unifix cubes, that have a volume of:


  1.  36 cm cubed


(Insert photos of your two different shapes)



  1.  What is the perimeter of each shape? Cube: 14 cm. Rectangle: 18 cm. 

  2.  What is the area of the bottom level of each shape?  Cube: 6 cm.  Rectangle: 18 cm

What formula can we use to work out:


Perimeter: 2 x L + w

Area: Length x width

Volume: Length x width x height.


From this activity I learnt that the area can be the same, even if the shape changes but the perimeter might be different.



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