AC9M5M02Year 5MeasurementPractised on site

AC9M5M02 — Year 5 Measurement

Official Curriculum Content Description:

solve practical problems involving the perimeter and area of regular and irregular shapes using appropriate metric units

Worked Examples (1)

Example 1Area of Rectangles
A rectangle measures 33 cm by 2323 cm. What is its area?
Common mistake: Found the perimeter, not the area (length x width).
Correct Answer:69 cm269\text{ cm}^2
Accepted: A unit is optional (cm^2, cm², sq cm all accepted).
Worked Solution:
Area =length×width=3×23=69 cm2= \text{length} \times \text{width} = 3 \times 23 = 69\text{ cm}^2.

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