How big is a shape? |
The amount of flat surface a
shape covers is called the area of the shape.
If a square is 1 cm long, it is also 1 cm wide. |
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| We can count squares to work out
the area of a shape.
This shape has an area of 6 squares. If each square is 1 cm long, |
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For each unit of measuring length or distance, there is a unit for measuring area. | |||||||||
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