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The area of a square, rectangle and parallelogram The area of a rhombus
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This unit deals with the most important geometric shapes on the plane: the triangle, the square, the rectangle, the parallelogram, the rhombus and the trapezium, and focuses on their area.
As they are all two-dimensional we can say that they "live on the plane", unlike a matchbox (rectangular parallelepiped) which is three-dimensional and therefore "lives in three-dimensional space". Polygons are other kinds of plane shapes which you can find out about in the unit on Measuring Polygons.
- To work out the area of some basic shapes in a straight forward yet thorough way.
- To see how different geometric shapes relate to each other through their construction and deconstruction.
- To develop geometric intuition.
