Student Resource Book |
Year 5 (3A)
Measurement & Geometry
Chapter 13 | Perimeter, area and volume
Overview
Rich tasks
- These are problem solving open-ended questions that require students to investigate perimeter, area and volume. The tasks can be given at the start of a topic and done as the students gain enough knowledge to complete them, inserted into a topic at an appropriate place, or given as homework or extension.
- The plot
- Cubes in cubes
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Perimeter
- Explore the meaning of perimeter, and measure and calculate perimeters of shapes.
Area
- Understand that area is the amount of space covered by a shape, and explore ways of finding and recording areas.
Volume
- Understand that volume is the amount of space an object takes up, and explore ways of finding and recording volumes.
