Area and Perimeter
Work through these tasks at your own pace and level:
Answers can be found at the end of the booklet. If your answers don’t match – try the problem again
and see if you can work out how to get to the correct answer.
If you find this part of maths tricky, start here. You can always move up to
something spicier!
Most people will want to start here. Fluency at this stage is really important before
moving up. If you struggle, work on the lower level first, and come back to this.
This is an extension. If you are happy at the level below, try this out and push
yourself to reason with your maths.
Regular – a shape where all sides and angles are the same length
Compound – a shape made of putting other shapes together
Rectilinear – a shape made of horizontal and vertical straight lines
Perimeter – the distance around the outside of a 2D shape
Area – the space covered by a shape