VI - Mensuration
Standard 6.MEN.1.1 - Find the area of squares and rectangles.
Included Skills: Geometry
Concept of Perimeter and Introduction to Area • Introduction and general understanding of perimeter using many shapes. Shapes of different kinds with the same perimeter. Concept of area, Area of a rectangle and a square Counter examples to different misconcepts related to perimeter and area. • Perimeter of a rectangle – and its special case – a square. Deducing the formula of the perimeter for a rectangle and then a square through pattern and generalisation.