Measurement and Geometry · Summer Term

Area, Perimeter, and Volume

Calculating the area of parallelograms and triangles and the volume of cuboids.

Key Questions

  1. 1How can we decompose a triangle to prove that its area is half that of a rectangle?
  2. 2Why does a shape with a fixed area not necessarily have a fixed perimeter?
  3. 3If we double the dimensions of a cube, why does the volume increase by eight times?

National Curriculum Attainment Targets

KS2: Mathematics - Measurement
Year: Year 6
Subject: Mathematics
Unit: Measurement and Geometry
Period: Summer Term

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