Now place the grid over the following shapes so that you can make a good estimate at the area of each of the shapes in cm2
contained in each shape and combine the partial squares to make full square centimetres.
. Count the number of full square centimetres
2. What is the difficulty with a circle?
3. Look at this shape. It’s made up of rectangles, but can you spot them? We’ve helped to find 1 of them. Find the others yourself. Copy it into your copy and colour each of the rectangles you find in a different colour. (There is more than one way of dividing up the shape.)
4. Divide this shape into 3 different rectangles. Label the rectangles A, B, and C. Find the area of each of the rectangles.
The total area of the shape is: area A + area B + area C = ?
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5. If the drawing in question 4 was a plan of a bungalow and it was drawn to a scale of 1cm for every 2.8m, what would be the area of the bungalow in m2