Year 8

Measurement

Length and Perimeter

 Learning Goals
● Become familiar with academic vocabulary

● Convert between units of length

● Find the perimeter of polygons and circles

 Brainstorm!
What do you think of when you see the words Measurement,
Length and Area
 Glossary
Length The distance between two (2) points

Perimeter A measure of the distance around a shape

Circumference The perimeter (or distance around the outside) of a circle

Radius A straight line from the centre of a circle to any point on

the circumference
Diameter A straight line that passes through the centre of a circle
and whose endpoints lie on the circumference
Sum The total amount resulting from the addition of two or
more numbers
Polygon A 2-dimensional shape with straight lines

Area Is a measure of the square units that fit within a shape

 Length
The metre (m) is the base unit for length in the metric
system.
From the metre, other units of length were devised to
measure smaller and larger distances:

1 kilometre (km) = 1000 metres

1 centimetre (cm) = 1/100 metres

1 millimetre (mm) = 1/1000 metres

 Conversion of lengths
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 Conversion of length units

When we convert from a smaller

When we convert from a larger
unit to a larger unit, there
unit to a smaller unit, there will
will be less of the larger
be more smaller units, so we
units, so we must divide.
must multiply.
For example:
For example:
2000m = (2000 ÷ 1000)
2m = (2 x 100) cm
km
= 200cm
= 2km
 Example

a. 3.2m b. 423 mm c. 6 km

= (3.2 x 100) cm = (423 ÷ 10) cm) = (6 x 1000) m

= 6000 m
= 320cm = 42.3cm
= (6000 x 100) cm
= 600,000 cm
Questions
 Example

= (3 x 1000)m + 350m + (220 ÷ 100)m

=3000m + 350m + 2.2m

= 3352.5m
Questions
Perimeter
Perimeter
 Example

a) b) c)

=3+6+3+6 = 12cm + 9cm + 10cm = 6cm + 6cm + 6cm +11cm

= 18 units = 31cm = (6cm x 3) + 11cm

= 29cm
Questions
Example
Questions
Example
Questions
Circumference
Circumference
Circumference

The diameter of a circle is the distance across the

circle measured through its centre.

The radius of a circle is the distance between a point

on the circle and the centre. The radius is half the
length of the diameter.

The circumference of a circle is the perimeter or

length around its boundary.
What is this?

Radius
What is this?

Diameter
What is this?

Circumference
True or False?

The radius is half the length of the diameter.

True
 Circumference
Whenever the circumference of a circle is
divided by its diameter, the answer is always
the same.
Circumference
 Example

C= πd C=2πr C=πd
= 3.14 x 4cm = 2 x 3.14 x 4cm = 3.14 x 9.2cm
= 12.56cm = 20.724cm = 28.9cm

The circumference is The circumference is The circumference is

12.6cm 20.7cm 28.9cm
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