Compound Shape - Area and Perimeter
A tool to demonstrate area and perimeter of compound shapes.
Use settings to choose area or perimeter or both. In area, use paintbrushes to mark out rectangles within the compound shape before calculating the total area.
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Sports Pitches - Scale, Area and Perimeter
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A 7 session unit that uses sports pitches as a stimulus of investigating scale, area and perimeter, not only of rectangles but of irregular shapes, triangles and compound shapes.