Perimeter is the total distance around the outside of a shape

Find the perimeter of a rectangle with length 8cm and width 5cm.

A square has a perimeter of 36cm. What is the length of one side?

Find the perimeter of an equilateral triangle with sides of 7cm.

Area is the amount of space inside a 2D shape, measured in square units

What is the formula for the area of a rectangle?

Find the area of a rectangle measuring 12cm by 7cm.

A square has sides of 9m. What is its area?

Area = ½ × base × height (or base × height ÷ 2)

What is the formula for the area of a triangle?

Find the area of a triangle with base 10cm and height 6cm.

A triangle has area 24cm² and base 8cm. What is its height?

What is the formula for the area of a parallelogram?

A parallelogram has base 12cm and perpendicular height 5cm. Find its area.

Split it into simpler shapes (rectangles, triangles), find each area, then add them together

How do you find the area of a compound (composite) shape?

An L-shape is made from two rectangles: one 6cm×4cm and one 3cm×2cm. What is the total area?

A rectangle 10cm×8cm has a square of side 3cm cut out. What is the remaining area?

Circumference = π × diameter (or 2 × π × radius)

What is the formula for the circumference of a circle?

A circle has diameter 10cm. Find its circumference (use π = 3.14).

What is the formula for the area of a circle?

A circle has radius 5cm. Find its area (use π = 3.14).

A rectangular garden is 15m by 8m. What length of fencing is needed to go around it?

A rectangular carpet is 4m by 3m. Each square metre costs £12. How much does the carpet cost?

A square field has area 64m². What is the perimeter of the field?

A rectangle has perimeter 30cm. Its length is twice its width. Find the area.

A semi-circle has diameter 14cm. Find its perimeter (use π = 3.14).

A path 1m wide surrounds a rectangular lawn 10m by 6m. What is the area of just the path?

A rectangle and a square have the same perimeter. The rectangle is 8cm by 4cm. Which has the larger area?

A floor is 5m by 4m. How many 50cm × 50cm tiles are needed to cover it?

Calculate area and perimeter of rectangles, triangles, compound shapes and circles