Max Maths, Year 4, Work Book, Area

In the Max Maths Year 4 Workbook, Practice 5 is dedicated to exploring the concept of area with a series of engaging activities. The first exercise prompts students to find the area of various shapes, each with a unit area of 1 cm². Students must calculate and fill in the area for six different shapes, labelled (a) to (f). This task helps to reinforce their understanding of area measurement in square centimetres and offers practical application of the concept.

Subsequent exercises encourage creativity and application of knowledge. Students are asked to draw rectangles and squares of specific areas on grid paper, such as a red rectangle with an area of 15 cm² and a blue square with an area of 25 cm², among others. This activity not only solidifies their grasp of area but also introduces the visual aspect of how shapes of the same area can have different dimensions. Another task challenges students to draw multiple rectangles with the same area of 18 cm², each with different dimensions, illustrating the concept that various shapes can share identical areas. Finally, students are tasked with drawing shapes that share the same perimeter or area, as well as shapes that have both the same perimeter and area, further deepening their understanding of the relationship between perimeter and area in geometry.