Engineer: You measure it in squares, square meters and square yards.
Builder: To work out a square meters into tiles in a bathroom, you'd need two measurements, the length and the width and you'd time that by each other and it'd give you a square meterage.
Warehouse worker: Area is important within the loading bay.
We have pallets three foot by 3.5 which equals 10.5 square feet.
Gardener: Area is a measure of space and it's measured in square units.
I'm working out the area of this path to make sure I've got enough turf to cover it.
Gardener: The path is five meters by two meters, which is 10 square meters.
It's important to measure it correctly so that I don't waste any turf.
Area is measured in square units. The area of a rectangle is the width multiplied by the height. These are useful when building a house.
Quick tips for tutors
Area of shapes includes:
- The meaning of area
- Working out areas by counting and calculating
- Solving problems involving area
Calculating area needed per person for a group dance class. interactive
Test your knowledge of area with this Bitesize interactive guide.
Downloadable Factsheets
Entry 3 - Area of rectangles: counting squares
Describes how to find areas of rectangles by counting and gives an example of how square units can form an area.
Level 1 - Area of rectangles: length and width
Explains how to calculate area by multiplying length by width.
Level 1 - Area of rectangles: finding the width or length
Explains how to find a length or width of a rectangle and gives tips for working out the area of a rectangular space.
Downloadable Worksheets
Entry 3 - Area of rectangles by counting
Exercises to find the area of rectangles by counting.
Entry 3 - Drawing many rectangles with a given area
Exercise to draw many rectangles with the same area.
Level 1 - Building decking
Questions to help you practise solving problems that involve area, in the context of buying decking for a garden.
Level 1 - Holding a car boot sale
Car boot sale task - questions to practise working out the area of rectangles.
