Year 6 Shapes with the Same Area Maths Challenge

Shapes with the Same Area but with different Perimeters Maths Activity

Teacher Specific Information

This Year 6 Shapes with the Same Area Maths Challenge aims to develop your pupils’ ability to recognise that shapes with the same area can have different perimeters. Pupils will use the given clues to work out the possible shapes that Simon may have created. This problem solving activity supports deeper understanding of the objective.

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National Curriculum Objectives

Measurement
Mathematics Year 6: (6M7a) Recognise that shapes with the same areas can have different perimeters and vice versa

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