Year 8 · Maths · beta

Perimeter, area and volume

In this unit pupils extend their knowledge of shapes by exploring the properties of circles and composite shapes before developing understanding of 3-D shapes including surface area and volume.

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Prior knowledge

  • Use standard formulas for rectangles and cuboids
  • Convert between units of measure
  • Calculate dimensions of composite shapes

Source curriculum references

  • Use standard units of mass, length, time, money and other measures, including with decimal quantities
  • Derive and apply formulae to calculate and solve problems involving: perimeter and area of triangles, parallelograms, trapezia, volume of cuboids (including cubes) and other prisms (including cylinders)
  • Calculate and solve problems involving: perimeters of 2-D shapes (including circles), areas of circles and composite shapes
  • Derive and illustrate properties of triangles, quadrilaterals, circles, and other plane figures [for example, equal lengths and angles] using appropriate language and technologies
  • Use the properties of faces, surfaces, edges and vertices of cubes, cuboids, prisms, cylinders, pyramids, cones and spheres to solve problems in 3-D

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