Area of Quadrilaterals Challenge
Ten randomised area questions spanning triangles, parallelograms, trapeziums, rhombuses, kites and composite shapes, with new values on each attempt. The full…
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Area & Volume, Years 7–9
Students work with a scaled floorplan of four rooms, adjust the drawing scale to calculate real floor area, then set a ceiling height and extend the same plan into a 3D model to calculate room volume. The full interactive is available to licensed Education Universe users.
Years 7–9Explorer
Learning outcomes
- Use a scale to calculate real areas.
- Calculate the volume of rectangular prisms.
- Relate area to volume.
Teaching guidance
Ask students what changes, and what stays the same, when the drawing scale changes.
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