Students learn how to calculate the area of triangles, parallelograms and trapeziums. They use this knowledge to later find the total surface of cuboids and prisms.
This topic takes place in Term 2 of Year 8 and is the prerequite topic for Circles, Cylinders and Circular Shapes.
Develop fluency
Reason mathematically
Solve problems
Shape
Problem solving lesson on two-way tables and frequency trees.
Three typical exam questions to revise on plotting quadratic, cubic and reciprocal graphs.
Linking cumulative frequency graphs to ratio, percentages and financial mathematics.