Quad Areas

Topics: Starter | Area | Geometry | Investigations | Mensuration | Shape

• CB, Kent
• Sunday, March 15, 2009
• "I can find 10 different quadrilaterals (if you're allowed to count Big Square and Small Square). Areas - two 1s, two 1.5s, four 2s, one 3, one 4. Can't find the 2.5 at all. Am I missing something really obvious?"
• 8K3, Kettlethorpe High School
• Tuesday, March 17, 2009
• "We found 11 which included the area of 2.5. (top left to top right to middle right to bottom middle to top left)."
• Snev, Holy Trinity, Crawley
• Tuesday, March 17, 2009
• "There are 14 different quadrilaterals and their total area is 31.5 cm² assuming the dots are 1 cm apart. (2x1)(4x1.5)(5x2)(1x2.5)(1x3)(1x4). The 2.5 cm² quadrilateral joins dots 1,2,6 and 7."
• Louise And Laura., Carnoustie High School
• Friday, March 20, 2009
• "The problem was very challenging and we all enjoyed it. It was more challenging than Friday's."
• Claire, Sam And Mr A, Alcester High School
• Friday, March 20, 2009
• "We found 16 quadrilaterals, (5x1)(5x2)(3x1.5)(1x2.5)(1x3)(1x4)
  Only took us 3 minutes too (-ish!)."

 

• Nairn Spink, 2AY2, High School Of Dundee
• Wednesday, March 24, 2010
• "We really enjoyed it and I thought it really got us thinking, we are really pleased to do all the staters of the day
  thanks
  :)."
• Yr 8 Tops, Rego School
• Tuesday, March 22, 2011
• "There should be quite a lot. My class managed about 30 so far."
• Yr9 QTY, West Island School, Hong Kong
• Tuesday, March 22, 2011
• "We enjoyed this - it kept us occupied for over 15mins."
• Mrbeer, Essex
• Thursday, October 06, 2011
• "Surely with a parallelogram that crosses over the diagonals, the area is root 5 = 2.23?"
• Charles, Chelsea
• Tuesday, March 20, 2012
• "My class found about 167 wow."
• A And F, Dps
• Thursday, March 22, 2012
• "Our team got 32 different ways."

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