Year 6 Area of a Parallelogram Game

Teacher Specific Information

This Year 6 Area of a Parallelogram Game includes five questions designed to check pupils’ understanding of calculating the area of parallelograms. Pupils will answer true or false about the combined area of three parallelograms, select the correct statements about a parallelogram, fill in the missing dimensions of a parallelogram, select the correct area of a composite shape made up of parallelograms, and drag and drop to assign the correct areas to the parallelograms.

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National Curriculum Objectives

Measurement
Mathematics Year 6: (6M7b) Calculate the area of parallelograms and triangles
Mathematics Year 6: (6M7c) Recognise when it is possible to use formulae for the area of shapes