Max Maths, Year 5, Work Book, Area

The Max Maths workbook for Year 5 offers a series of exercises to help students practice calculating the area of various shapes. In Practice 2, the focus is on understanding that each square on the grid represents an area of 1 cm². Students are tasked with finding the area of six different shapes, labelled from (a) to (f), by counting the number of squares within each shape. This hands-on activity reinforces the concept of area as a measure of surface and helps students visualise the space covered by each shape.

Further exercises within the workbook guide students through the process of calculating the area of rectangles and squares using formulae. For rectangles, the area is found by multiplying the length by the width, while for squares, it is calculated by squaring the length of one side. The workbook also includes more complex tasks, such as finding the area of given shapes with dimensions provided, drawing shapes with specified areas on grid paper, and determining the missing lengths of shapes based on their area. These varied activities are designed to deepen the students' understanding of area and to provide ample practice in applying their knowledge to different scenarios.