Examples of what pupils should know and be able to do
Probing questions
Show me something that has an area of approximately 100 cm². What did you use to help you?
Estimate the area of the front cover of this paperback book. How did you go about doing that?
Can you tell me a rule for working out the area of a rectangle? Will it work for all rectangles?
If the area of a rectangle is 32 cm², what are the lengths of the sides? Are there other possible answers? How did you work that out?
Tim says a square with sides of 8 cm has an area of 32 cm². Do you agree with him? Why?
What if pupils find this a barrier?
Pupils may need to go back to counting squares, using an acetate grid.
TL4Y7 Shape, space and measures 1 S1.2 - Acrobat pdf document (40Kb) is a useful lesson for this topic.
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