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Perimeter, area and volume: Age 11-14

This is part of our Secondary Curriculum collection of favourite rich tasks arranged by topic.

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Scroll down to see the complete collection, or explore our subcollections on Perimeter and Area in two dimensions, and Surface Area and Volume in three dimensions.
Perimeter and Area
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Perimeter and area

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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This selection of problems is designed to help you teach Perimeter and Area.
Surface Area and Volume
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Surface area and volume

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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This selection of problems is designed to help you teach Surface Area and Volume.


Blue and White
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Blue and white

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Identical squares of side one unit contain some circles shaded blue. In which of the four examples is the shaded area greatest?
Fence it
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Fence it

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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If you have only 40 metres of fencing available, what is the maximum area of land you can fence off?
Isosceles Triangles
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Isosceles triangles

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Draw some isosceles triangles with an area of $9$cm$^2$ and a vertex at (20,20). If all the vertices must have whole number coordinates, how many is it possible to draw?

Can they be equal?
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Can they be equal?

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Can you find rectangles where the value of the area is the same as the value of the perimeter?

Changing areas, changing perimeters
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Changing areas, changing perimeters

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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How can you change the area of a shape but keep its perimeter the same? How can you change the perimeter but keep the area the same?

Perimeter Possibilities
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Perimeter possibilities

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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I'm thinking of a rectangle with an area of 24. What could its perimeter be?

Triangles in a Square
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Triangles in a square

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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What are the possible areas of triangles drawn in a square?
Perimeter Challenge
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Perimeter challenge

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Can you deduce the perimeters of the shapes from the information given?
Colourful Cube
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Colourful cube

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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A colourful cube is made from little red and yellow cubes. But can you work out how many of each?

Isometric Areas
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Isometric areas

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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We usually use squares to measure area, but what if we use triangles instead?

An Unusual Shape
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An unusual shape

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Can you maximise the area available to a grazing goat?
Shear Magic
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Shear magic

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Explore the area of families of parallelograms and triangles. Can you find rules to work out the areas?

On the Edge
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On the edge

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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If you move the tiles around, can you make squares with different coloured edges?

Sending a Parcel
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Sending a parcel

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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What is the greatest volume you can get for a rectangular (cuboid) parcel if the maximum combined length and girth are 2 metres?

Cuboid challenge
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Cuboid challenge

Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
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What's the largest volume of box you can make from a square of paper?

Changing areas, changing volumes
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Changing areas, changing volumes

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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How can you change the surface area of a cuboid but keep its volume the same? How can you change the volume but keep the surface area the same?

Triangle in a Trapezium
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Triangle in a trapezium

Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
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Can you find and prove the relationship between the area of a trapezium and the area of a triangle constructed within it?

More Isometric Areas
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More isometric areas

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Isometric Areas explored areas of parallelograms in triangular units. Here we explore areas of triangles...

Cuboids
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Cuboids

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Can you find a cuboid that has a surface area of exactly 100 square units. Is there more than one? Can you find them all?

Efficient cutting
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Efficient cutting

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Use a single sheet of A4 paper and make a cylinder having the greatest possible volume. The cylinder must be closed off by a circle at each end.
Cola can
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Cola can

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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An aluminium can contains 330 ml of cola. If the can's diameter is 6 cm what is the can's height?



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