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Broad Topics > Measuring and calculating with units > Area
Changing Areas, Changing Perimeters
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
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?
Tilted Squares
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
It's easy to work out the areas of most squares that we meet, but what if they were tilted?
Semi-square
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
What is the ratio of the area of a square inscribed in a semicircle to the area of the square inscribed in the entire circle?
Semi-detached
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
A square of area 40 square cms is inscribed in a semicircle. Find the area of the square that could be inscribed in a circle of the same radius.
Compare Areas
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Which has the greatest area, a circle or a square inscribed in an isosceles, right angle triangle?
Framed
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Seven small rectangular pictures have one inch wide frames. The frames are removed and the pictures are fitted together like a jigsaw to make a rectangle of length 12 inches. Find the dimensions of. . . .
Making Rectangles
Age 7 to 14 Challenge Level:
A task which depends on members of the group noticing the needs of others and responding.
Perimeter Possibilities
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
I'm thinking of a rectangle with an area of 24. What could its perimeter be?
Completing Quadrilaterals
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
We started drawing some quadrilaterals - can you complete them?
Warmsnug Double Glazing
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
How have "Warmsnug" arrived at the prices shown on their windows? Which window has been given an incorrect price?
Fence It
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
If you have only 40 metres of fencing available, what is the maximum area of land you can fence off?
Can They Be Equal?
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Can you find rectangles where the value of the area is the same as the value of the perimeter?
Squaring the Circle
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Bluey-green, white and transparent squares with a few odd bits of shapes around the perimeter. But, how many squares are there of each type in the complete circle? Study the picture and make. . . .
Pebbles
Age 7 to 14 Challenge Level:
Place four pebbles on the sand in the form of a square. Keep adding as few pebbles as necessary to double the area. How many extra pebbles are added each time?
Uniform Units
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Can you choose your units so that a cube has the same numerical value for it volume, surface area and total edge length?
Percentage Unchanged
Age 14 to 16 Short Challenge Level:
If the base of a rectangle is increased by 10% and the area is unchanged, by what percentage is the width decreased by ?
Place Your Orders
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Can you rank these sets of quantities in order, from smallest to largest? Can you provide convincing evidence for your rankings?
Towers
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
A tower of squares is built inside a right angled isosceles triangle. What fraction of the area of the triangle is covered by the squares?
Growing Rectangles
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
What happens to the area and volume of 2D and 3D shapes when you enlarge them?
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