Area Year 5

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Focus

• area is the amount of surface inside a closed shape or inside a region with a recognisable boundary
• area is measured using square centimetres, square metres, hectares and square kilometres
• shapes other than squares can have areas of 1 cm2, 1 m2, 1 ha or 1 km2
• people use area in everyday life to solve practical problems
• area can be measured by counting square units (whole and partial)