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Essential Mathematics Year 8

Areas of basic shapes

Measurement and introduction to Pythagoras' theorem

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Have you ever wondered what the area of a basic shape is? Probably not! But this video is going to fill your head with even more information about Mathematics delivered in my own unique style. Looking at what area is and the areas of basic shapes I show you a way to never get the areas wrong. I even use hand signals! There are lots of worked examples and the video uses a lot of humour. You will definitely learn something new!
Lesson chapters
  1. Introduction
  2. Welcome
  3. Learning objectives
  4. What is an area?
  5. Area of a square
  6. Area of a quadrilateral
  7. Area of a triangle
  8. Area of a parallelogram
  9. Composite shapes
  10. What is a composite shape?
  11. Finding areas of a composite shape
  12. Example 1
  13. Example 2
  14. Example 3
  15. Example 4
  16. Converting units of area
  17. Example 5
  18. Example 6
  19. Thanks for watching
  20. Subscribe please
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  • Title Areas of basic shapes
  • Section Measurement and introduction to Pythagoras' theorem
  • Course Essential Mathematics Year 8

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