GEOMERTRY AND

MEASUREMENT
WAHID YUNIANTO, M.Sc

MEASUREMENT
LENGTH MEASUREMENT

AREA MEASUREMENT

VOLUME MEASUREMENT

WHAT DO USUALLY DO IN TEACHING

AREA MEASUREMENT?
1. Showing the geometrical figure and give

the formula to measure its area

2. Giving examples how to measure areas

and exercises
3. Not giving chances to students to

develop conceptual understanding of area

measurement

CONCEPTS OF AREA MEASUREMENT

Conservation of area
Partitioning
Unit iteration
Structuring array

WHAT WOULD YOUR STUDENTS

DO?
Look at the two leaves below. Suppose that these leaves get the
sunlight to do photosynthesis. Hint: the larger the leaf, the more
sunlight it will get.
Determine which leaf
will get more sunlight
Explain how you solve
it?

In Post-test
Justifying on the appearance of the leaves.

Ex: The colors, the width, the length, & the

shape.

In the learning process

Applying overlapping strategy
Cutting and Pasting to fit each other

What can they learn?

1. The meaning of area
2.Strategy to compare areas
3. The concept of conservation of area

TRANSACTIONAL DEAL
There are two factory buildings built
near a rice field. The factory owner
offers six different rice fields (options)
to exchange the farmers rice field. If
the farmer wants to exchange this
rice field, what will the farmer choose
to exchange his rice field? The picture
below shows the factory building and
the farmers rice field

If you are the farmer, which rice field will be a fair exchange?
If you are walking around the rice field, which rice field has a shorter
path, the farmers rice field or the rice field you choose, why?
Explain your answer how you solve it?

RESHAPING INTO A
RECTANGLE
If you reshape these rice fields into a rectangle, what happens to
the size of these figures?

What can they learn?

1. The concepts of conservation of area
2. Reshaping into a rectangle will not

change the area

3. The difference between area and
perimeter

TILED FLOORS

Floor B
The figures show two floors.
Rina says that floor A is bigger than floor B

because it has more tiles.

Budi says: I think floor B is bigger because
it has bigger tiles.
Floor A

What do you think? What is your

answer? Explain your answer!

Continued
1

These floors (1, 2, &

3) are going to be
tiled. The blue tile is
25 cm x 25 cm
Compare the areas
of the floors!
Explain your answer.
Compare the areas
of the floors!
Explain your answer.

What can they learn?

1. The need of the same unit of

measurement
2. The area of rectangular shapes
3. Covering
4. Reshaping (Conservation)

LIVING ROOMS FLOOR

Mr. Slamet has

completed the tiling

on his living room. He
puts some furniture
on it. If one tile is 20
cm x 20 cm, can you
determine how big
his living room is?
How do you find the

area of the floor?

Do you still remember about the leaves problem?

Now, can you compare these leaves now? What will

you do?

The figure on the left

shows two buildings

seen from one side
covered by glasses.
One square glass is 5 m
x 5 m.
Building A

Building B

Compare these

buildings, and find the

area of this side of each
building.