Tutorial 4.

3: Spatial Sense Area & Perimeter of 2-D Shapes

1 unit 1 unit

This is a unit square tile. The length of each side of this tile is 1 unit. The area of this tile is 1 unit2. Task A: Below are ALL the possible shapes constructed by joining 4 unit square tiles.

What is the area of each of these shapes? What is the perimeter of each of these shapes? Which shape has the minimum perimeter?

Answer:

1)

4)

Perimeter Area 2)

: 10 cm :

Perimeter : 10 cm Area 5) :

Perimeter Area 3)

: 10 cm :

Perimeter : 10 cm Area :

Perimeter Area

: 10 cm :

Hence, the minimum perimeter is shapes number________.

Task B: Construct all the possible shapes by joining 9 unit square tiles. What can you say about the area of all the shapes? Which shape has the minimum perimeter? Make a conjecture about the shape with minimum perimeter. Answer:

1)

4)

Perimeter Area

: 12 cm : 9 cm

Perimeter : 20 cm Area ;

2)

5)

Perimeter Area 3)

: 20 cm : 6)

Perimeter : 21 cm Area :

Perimeter Area

: 18 cm :

Perimeter : 14 cm Area :

Task C: Test your conjecture with shapes constructed by joining 16 unit square tiles 25 unit square tiles 8 unit square tiles 10 unit square tiles 5 unit square tiles 11 unit square tiles

Base on your investigation in Tasks A, B and C, make a conclusion on the shape with minimum perimeter constructed by joining unit square tile

Conjecture with shape 16 unit square tiles

Area

Perimeter

8 unit square

5 units

10 units

11 units

25 units