Area and Volume

You will be able to

use the correct unit for different

measurements.
use formula to find the area of shapes.
find the volume of a prism.
 AREA
Remember: The The area of a
perimeter of a 1 cm shape is a
shape is a measure of the
measure of 1 cm 1 cm 1 cm2 surface/space
distance around contained within
the outside. its perimeter.
Units of distance Units of area
Area is measured in units2
mm mm2
cm cm2
m m2
km km2
inches inches2
feet feet2
yards yards2
miles miles2
 AREA
Remember: The The area of a
perimeter of a 1 cm shape is a
shape is a measure of the
measure of 1 cm 1 cm 1 cm2 surface/space
distance around contained within
the outside. its perimeter.
Units of distance Units of area
Area is measured in units2
mm mm2
cm 6 cm cm2
m m2
km km2

3
inches cm 18 cm2 inches2
feet feet2
yards yards2
miles miles2
Area = 6 cm x 3 cm = 18 cm2
 Area
4m
To Find theofarea
2 rows 4 or of a
rectangle
4 columnssimply
of 2 8 m2
2m 8 m2
multiply the 2
2 x 4 or 4 x 2
dimensions together.
5m Area = l x w (or w x l)

3 rows of 5 or
3m 15 m2 5 columns of 3 15 m2
4 rows of 7 or
3
7xcolumns
5 or 5 of
x 34

7m 4 x 7 or 7 x 4

4m 28 m2 28 m2
 Area of a Triangle

The area of a triangle = the area of the surrounding

rectangle/parallelogram

height

base
rectangle area = 2 + 2
triangle area = rectangle area

Area of a triangle = base x height

 Find the area of the following triangles.
Area = b x h

12 cm
9 cm 16 cm

8 cm 10 cm 14 cm

Area = x 8 x 9 Area = x 10 x 12 Area = x 14 x 16

= 36 cm2 = 60 cm2 = 112 cm2

Area = x 3.2 x 4.5

4.5 m
= 7.2 m2
Area = x 7 x 5

3.2 m = 17.5 mm2

 The Area of a Trapezium Area = the sum of the parallel
sides x the perpendicular height
a
A = (a + b)h

Area of trapezium = area of

parallelogram

A = (a + b)h

b a
 The Area of a Circle
A = r2
Find the area of the following circles.

1 2
8 cm

9.5 cm

A = r2
A = x 82 A = r2
A = 201.1 cm2 (1 dp) A = x 9.52
A = 283.5 cm2 (1 dp)
 Volume of a Prism
Remember:
Prisms are 3 dimensional shapes that have a constant cross-sectional area.

Cuboid

Triangular-based prism Rectangular-based prism Pentagonal-based prism

Cylinder

Hexagonal-based prism Octagonal-based prism Circular-based prism

Diagrams
Not Find the volume of the following prisms.
to scale
In each of the following examples the cross-sectional ends have to be
calculated.

1 2

1.5 m 8 cm
2m 4 cm
4m
9 cm
V = 4 x 1.5 x 2 = 12 m3 V = (9 x 8) x 4 = 144 cm3
3

6 mm
7 mm
Remember: A = A = the sum of the
5 mm
base x height parallel sides x height
8 mm
V = (8 + 6) x 7 x 5 = 245 mm3
1 2
5cm 4 cm
8 cm 8 cm
10cm
8 cm
15 cm

V = x 82 x 10 = 3.142 x 64 x 10 = 2010cm3 (nearest cm )3

V = x 20 x 16 x 4 = 640 cm3
r

Remember: Remember:
A = product of Area = r2
diagonals
 Remember!
to write down the units.

to memorise the formulae.

to show your working out.