In this lesson, students go over the meaning of area and perimeter. Mrs. Brewer will have the students find two different ways to find an area of 30 square units and compare their perimeters.

This KS2 maths article explains how perimeter is the distance around a 2D shape and how to work it out on a grid.

The perimeter is the distance around the outside of a closed 2D shape, space or area. You see the perimeter in real life on a football pitch or around a house to show its boundary.

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Last Updated: 7/26/18 Teaching Standard: This module introduces the use of a LED Matrix with Adafruit Mini 8x8 LED Backpack. It uses the LED Matrix to practice calculating the perimeter and area of ...