Area & Volume
Work out area, perimeter and volume — including compound shapes, triangles and real-life problems.
What your child learns
- Area of a rectangle = length × width; triangle = ½ × base × height
- Split compound shapes into rectangles
- Volume of a cuboid = length × width × height
Example
A 6 × 4 × 2 box has volume 48 cm³.
Practice questions
A taste of the questions in BloomTracks – the app makes fresh ones every time and adjusts the level as your child answers.
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Question 1 · Level 1
Each square is 1 cm². What is the area of the rectangle?
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Answer: 40
5 rows × 8 squares = 40 cm².
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Question 2 · Level 3
A triangle has a base of 20 cm and a height of 5 cm. What is its area?
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Answer: 50
½ × 20 × 5 = 50 cm².
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Question 3 · Level 5
A garden is 18 m by 4 m. Fencing costs $7 per metre. How much does it cost to fence all the way around?
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Answer: 308
44 × $7 = $308.
Try it at home
Measure a room and work out its area, or count cubes in a box.
Key takeaway
Area uses squared units (cm²); volume uses cubed units (cm³).
Practise area & volume with Bloomie
Bloomie reads every question aloud, listens to spoken answers and adapts the difficulty one question at a time.