Area, perimeter, position and direction
Why this, why now
In this unit pupils will explain how to calculate the area of a parallelogram and a triangle. They will describe the relationship between scale factors and side lengths. They will describe positions in all 4 quadrants.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Ardaydu waa inay yaqaanaan aasaaska maadada.
- Ardaydu waa inay awoodaan inay raacaan tilmaamo fudud.
Unit 11 / 21
Area, perimeter, position and direction
In this unit pupils will explain how to calculate the area of a parallelogram and a triangle. They will describe the relationship between scale factors and side lengths. They will describe positions in all 4 quadrants.
10 lessons- Draw and complete simple shapes by plotting positions on the full coordinate grid
- Draw and translate simple shapes on the full coordinate grid
- Solve problems involving missing coordinates
- Explain how to calculate the area of a parallelogram
- Explain how to calculate the area of a triangle
- Use the area of a triangle to calculate unknown measurements
- Use the area of a parallelogram formula to calculate unknown measurements
- Reflect simple shapes in the axes on a full coordinate grid
- Solve problems involving area and perimeter
- Describe the relationship between scale factors and perimeters of two shapes