Area and scaling
Unit 5 – 5 weeks
Primary
KS2
Year 5
Curriculum
The PowerPoint file contains slides you can use in the classroom to support each of the learning outcomes for this unit, listed below.
The slides are comprehensively linked to associated pedagogical guidance in the NCETM Primary Mastery Professional Development materials. There are also links to the ready-to-progress criteria detailed in the DfE Primary Mathematics Guidance 2020.
Learning outcomes
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Pupils explain what area is and can measure using counting as a strategy (1) |
| 2 | Pupils explain what area is and can measure using counting as a strategy (2) |
| 3 | Pupils explain how to make different shapes with the same area |
| 4 | Pupils explain how to compare the area of different shapes |
| 5 | Pupils measure the area of flat shapes area using square centimetres |
| 6 | Pupils measure the area of flat shapes area using square metres |
| 7 | Pupils calculate the area of a rectangle using multiplication |
| 8 | Pupils calculate the area of rectilinear shapes |
| 9 | Pupils use their knowledge of area to solve problems |
| 10 | Pupils compare and describe lengths by using their knowledge of multiplication |
| 11 | Pupils use their knowledge of multiplication to solve comparison and change problems |
| 12 | Pupils compare and describe lengths by using their knowledge of division |
| 13 | Pupils use their knowledge of division to solve comparison and change problems |
| 14 | Pupils compare and describe measurements by using their knowledge of multiplication and division (mass/capacity/time) (1) |
| 15 | Pupils compare and describe measurements by using their knowledge of multiplication and division (mass/capacity/time) (2) |
| 16 | Pupils describe the changes in measurements using their knowledge of multiplication and division |
| 17 | Pupils use their knowledge of multiplication and division to solve comparison and change problems |