TheLearnDenYear 5 · Maths
Calculate Estimate Areas
Year 5 learners practise calculating and estimating area of shapes.
The activities include Estimate Area of Irregular Shapes, Calculate and Compare the Area of Rectangles, Calculate Areas of Rectangles, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, teaching, worksheet, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.
Activities covered
- Estimate Area of Irregular Shapes
- Calculate and Compare the Area of Rectangles
- Calculate Areas of Rectangles
- Calculate the Area of Rectangles Using Squares
- Calculate, Compare and Estimate the Area of Rectangles
- Find and Compare the Area of Different Rectangles
- Find the Area of Rectangles by Counting Squares
Checked learning resources
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Estimate Area | KS2 Maths Concept Video
Twinkl · Video · Account may be required
Estimate Area | KS2 Maths Concept Video is a direct, playable KS2 maths explanation selected for the exact Year 5 activity context: be asked to calculate the estimated area of irregular shapes. Students will use a cm squ
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How to Teach Measurement in Year 5: Calculate and Compare the Area of Rectangles Video CPD
Twinkl · Video · Account may be required
How to Teach Measurement in Year 5: Calculate and Compare the Area of Rectangles Video CPD is a direct, playable KS2 maths explanation selected for the exact Year 5 activity context: be asked to calculate and compare the
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Area of Rectangles | KS2 Maths Concept Video
Twinkl · Video · Account may be required
Area of Rectangles | KS2 Maths Concept Video is a direct, playable KS2 maths explanation selected for the exact Year 5 activity context: calculate the area and perimeter of rectangles using metric measurements.
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Area of a Triangle - Counting Squares | KS2 Maths Concept Video
Twinkl · Video · Account may be required
Area of a Triangle - Counting Squares | KS2 Maths Concept Video is a direct, playable KS2 maths explanation selected for the exact Year 5 activity context: be asked to find the area of rectangles using squares and standa
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What is Area? | KS2 Maths Concept Video
Twinkl · Video · Account may be required
What is Area? | KS2 Maths Concept Video is a direct, playable KS2 maths explanation selected for the exact Year 5 activity context: be asked to calculate and compare the area of rectangles. They will also estimate the ar
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Compare Areas | KS2 Maths Concept Video
Twinkl · Video · Account may be required
Compare Areas | KS2 Maths Concept Video is a direct, playable KS2 maths explanation selected for the exact Year 5 activity context: be asked to calculate and compare the area of rectangles.
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Area and volume
BBC Bitesize · Teaching · Opens on the provider website
Free KS2 explanation and worked examples support the exact Year 5 skill in "Estimate Area of Irregular Shapes": be asked to calculate the estimated area of irregular shapes. Students will use a cm square grid in order to
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Area of Irregular Shapes Worksheets
Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required
Area of Irregular Shapes Worksheets provides Year 5 modelled teaching and pupil practice for the exact activity method: be asked to calculate the estimated area of irregular shapes. Students will use a cm square grid in