Year 6 Measurement
Calculate area and perimeter of circles, parallelograms, and triangles; convert between units.
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Worked examples
RookieRead and interpret directly.
A square has side 7 cm. Find the perimeter.
- 28 cm
- 49 cm²
- 14 cm
- 21 cm
Answer: 28 cm. 4 sides × 7 cm.
ProCompare and infer.
Read a scale: ticks every 50 ml. The pointer is 3 ticks past 200 ml. What value?
- 350 ml
- 250 ml
- 300 ml
- 203 ml
Answer: 350 ml. 200 + 3×50 = 350.
GuruMulti-step reasoning.
A circle has a radius of 5 cm. What is its area? (Use π ≈ 3.14)
- 15.7 cm²
- 31.4 cm²
- 78.5 cm²
- 157 cm²
Answer: 78.5 cm². Area = π × r² = 3.14 × 5² = 3.14 × 25 = 78.5 cm².
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- What is covered in Year 6 Measurement?
- Calculate area and perimeter of circles, parallelograms, and triangles; convert between units. Key skills include Area, Area Circles.
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