📐 Part 1: Understanding Perimeter and Area

1. What is perimeter?

The distance around the outside of a shape

The space inside a shape

The height of a shape

2. What is area?

The distance around a shape

The amount of surface a shape covers

The width of a shape

3. Which units would you use to measure perimeter? (Tick all that apply)

Centimetres (cm)

Square centimetres (cm²)

Metres (m)

Paper clips

4. Which units would you use to measure area? (Tick all that apply)

Square centimetres (cm²)

Centimetres (cm)

Grid squares

Tiles

📏 Part 2: Measuring and Calculating

5. A rectangle has sides of 6 cm, 4 cm, 6 cm, and 4 cm. What is its perimeter?

Perimeter = _______ cm

6. Count the grid squares to find the area of this shape:

Area = _______ square units

7. If you used paper clips to measure the perimeter of your desk, and it took 15 paper clips, approximately how many centimetres would that be if each paper clip is about 3 cm long?

Approximate perimeter = _______ cm

8. Explain the difference between measuring perimeter and measuring area:

🏡 Part 3: Real-World Problems

9. Sarah wants to put a fence around her square garden. Each side of the garden is 8 metres long. How many metres of fencing does she need?

Sarah needs _______ metres of fencing.

10. Tom is covering his rectangular bedroom floor with carpet tiles. His room is 4 metres long and 3 metres wide. How many square metres of carpet does he need?

Tom needs _______ square metres of carpet.

11. Draw a shape on the grid below and calculate both its perimeter and area:

My shape's perimeter = _______ units

My shape's area = _______ square units

12. Why might you need to estimate (approximate) measurements instead of getting exact measurements? Give one example: