Area of a Parallelogram Homework Extension Year 6 Perimeter, Area and Volume

Step 6: Area of a Parallelogram Homework Extension Year 6 Spring Block 5

Year 6 Area of a Parallelogram Homework Extension provides additional questions which can be used as homework or an in-class extension for the Year 6 Area of a Parallelogram Resource Pack. These are differentiated for Developing, Expected and Greater Depth.

More resources for Spring Block 5 Step 6.

What's included in the pack?

This pack includes:

• Area of a Parallelogram Homework Extension with answers for Year 6 Spring Block 5.

National Curriculum Objectives

Mathematics Year 6: (6M7b) Calculate the area of parallelograms and triangles

Mathematics Year 6: (6M7c) Recognise when it is possible to use formulae for the area of shapes

Differentiation:

Questions 1, 4 and 7 (Varied Fluency)
Developing Tick the correct parallelograms. Includes the use of the formula: base x perpendicular height for some questions. Whole numbers only.
Expected Tick the correct parallelograms. Includes the use of the formula: base x perpendicular height for some questions. Includes some conversions (mm to cm) and some decimals (halves only). Children to select the base and perpendicular height from given measurements.
Greater Depth Tick the correct parallelograms. Includes the use of the formula: base x perpendicular height for some questions. Includes some conversions (mm to cm, cm to m and mm to m) and some decimals (halves and tenths). Children to select the base and perpendicular height from given measurements.

Questions 2, 5 and 8 (Varied Fluency)
Developing Match the parallelograms to the correct area. Differentiation as described for Question 1.
Expected Match the parallelograms to the correct area. Differentiation as described for Question 1.
Greater Depth Match the parallelograms to the correct area. Differentiation as described for Question 1.

Questions 3, 6 and 9 (Reasoning and Problem Solving)
Developing Find the potential base and perpendicular height for a parallelogram. Differentiation as described for Question 1.
Expected Find the potential base and perpendicular heights for two parallelograms. Differentiation as described for Question 1.
Greater Depth Find the potential base and perpendicular heights for two parallelograms. Differentiation as described for Question 1.

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