Perimeter

Create some shapes by combining two or more rectangles. What can you say about the areas and perimeters of the shapes you can make?

Sally and Ben were drawing shapes in chalk on the school playground. Can you work out what shapes each of them drew using the clues?

Polygons drawn on square dotty paper have dots on their perimeter (p) and often internal (i) ones as well. Find a relationship between p, i and the area of the polygons.

If you move the tiles around, can you make squares with different coloured edges?

How have "Warmsnug" arrived at the prices shown on their windows? Which window has been given an incorrect price?

Are these statements always true, sometimes true or never true?

This task challenges you to create symmetrical U shapes out of rods and find their areas.

This activity investigates how you might make squares and pentominoes from Polydron.

A circular plate rolls in contact with the sides of a rectangular tray. How much of its circumference comes into contact with the sides of the tray when it rolls around one circuit?