Mensuration

There are 366 different Starters of The Day, many to choose from. You will find in the left column below some starters on the topic of Mensuration.

A lesson starter does not have to be on the same topic as the main part of the lesson or the topic of the previous lesson. It is often very useful to revise and consolidate topic by using a starter based on a totally different topic. Some of the most popular starters are shown in the right column below.

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Mensuration Starters:

Area Two: How many different shapes with an area of 2 square units can you make by joining dots on this grid with straight lines?

Christmas Tables: Which of the two shapes has the largest area?

Cross Perimeter: Calculate the distance around the given shape

Missing Square Puzzle: The missing square puzzle is an optical illusion used to help students reason about geometrical figures.

Oblongs: Find the dimensions of a rectangle given the perimeter and area.

Perimeter: Is it possible to work out the perimeter of this shape if the lengths of all the sides are not given?

Stair Perimeter: Calculate the distance around the given shape.

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Mensuration Activities:

Area Two: How many different shapes with an area of 2 square units can you make by joining dots on this grid with straight lines?

Oblongs: Find the lengths of the sides of rectangles given their areas and perimeters.

Quad Areas: Calculate the areas of all the possible quadrilaterals that can be constructed by joining together dots on this grid.

Mensuration Investigations:

Maxvoltray: Find the maximum volume of a tray made from an A4 sheet of paper.

Mensuration Videos:

Circle Facts Song: A free trial lesson from Math Upgrade dot com.

Circle Song: This song helps students remember circle terminology (radius & diameter) and the formulas for area and circumference. Complete with pictures from an industry that manufactures lots of circles.

Parallelogram: Instructional video showing how the area of a parallelogram can be determined.

Pi Song: Kate Bush sings the digits of pi (audio only).

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Most Popular Lesson Starters

Date	Name	Average Rating
September23	How Many Triangles? 1	4.6
January23	How Many Triangles? 2	4.5
August11	Flowers	4.5
December27	How Many Squares 1?	4.4
May23	How Many Triangles? 3	4.4
November16	How Many Rectangles?	4.3
September27	Mental Test 10	4.3
May16	Graph Picture	4.3
February12	Add Just In Time	4.3
June15	Maths Crossword	4.3

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