Cutting and combining shapes

Maths

Area of 2-D shapes

Fill in the gap: When we __________ two or more shapes we form a new shape.

Fill in the gap: The area of the new shape will be the ________ of the areas of the original shapes.

Fill in the gap: The perimeter of the new shape will be ________ than the sum of the perimeters of the original shapes, and varies depending on how we combine them.

Fill in the gap: Area is a measure of the __________ inside the boundary of a shape.

Fill in the gap: We can use different ____________ to record the area of a shape.

Fill in the gap: Shape A has an area of ________ square units.

Fill in the gap: Shape B has an area of 12 ____________ units.

Cutting and combining shapes

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