Area - squares and rectangles

Use the information on these cards to draw the shape that is being described.

My local DIY shop calculates the price of its windows according to the area of glass and the length of frame used. Can you work out how they arrived at these prices?

Arrange your fences to make the largest rectangular space you can. Try with four fences, then five, then six etc.

If you have only 40 metres of fencing available, what is the maximum area of land you can fence off?

I'm thinking of a rectangle with an area of 24. What could its perimeter be?

A simple visual exploration into halving and doubling.

A follow-up activity to Tiles in the Garden.

How many tiles do we need to tile these patios?

Can you find rectangles where the value of the area is the same as the value of the perimeter?

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?