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Year 10 / GCSE · Maths

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Year 10 / GCSE learners practise area and volume of shapes gcse.

The activities include Calculate the Volume of a Prism, Find the Area of a Parallelogram, Find the Area of a Rectangle, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, worksheet, teaching, practice. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Calculate the Volume of a Prism
  • Find the Area of a Parallelogram
  • Find the Area of a Rectangle
  • Find the Area of a Square
  • Find the Area of a Trapezium
  • Find the Area of a Triangle
  • Find the Surface Area of a Sphere

Checked learning resources

  • Checking and securing understanding of volume of prisms

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 10 Foundation lesson video applies volume = area of cross-section × length to cuboids, triangular prisms, cylinders and other constant cross-sections.

  • Area of a parallelogram

    Corbett Maths · Video · Opens on the provider website

    GCSE video rearranges a parallelogram into a rectangle and uses area = base × perpendicular height, distinguishing the vertical height from a slanted side.

  • Area of a rectangle

    Corbett Maths · Video · Opens on the provider website

    GCSE video calculates rectangular area by multiplying base by perpendicular height or length by width, and states answers in square units.

  • Perimeter and area: square area from equal side lengths

    Khan Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Khan Academy video explains that a square is a special rectangle with equal sides, so its area is side × side or side squared, with a worked 2 by 2 square.

  • Area of a trapezium

    Corbett Maths · Video · Opens on the provider website

    GCSE video substitutes the two parallel side lengths and the perpendicular height into ½(a+b)h, avoiding a supplied slanted side.

  • Area of a triangle

    Corbett Maths · Video · Opens on the provider website

    GCSE video derives a triangle as half a rectangle or parallelogram and applies area = ½ × base × perpendicular height rather than a slanted length.

  • Volume of prisms worksheet and quizzes

    Oak National Academy · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

    Year 10 Foundation browser download page offers the lesson worksheet and quizzes for calculating prism volumes from cross-sectional areas.

  • Volume of Prisms and Cylinders KS3 Walkthrough Worksheet

    Twinkl / Beyond · Teaching · Account may be required

    KS3 walkthrough first finds the area of a square, rectangle, triangle or circle cross-section and then multiplies by prism length, with worked examples for prisms and cylinders.