Finding out the area of our Netball Court

This term in Numeracy our focus has been around Measurement. For the past week we have been learning about area. First we made a sqaure metre using cardboard, cellotape and a metre ruler. This helped us to see what a square metre looked like. We then had the task of finding the area of our Netball Court. So measured the length and width using the square metre we had constructed, then we worked out that the length multiplied by the width would give us the area of the court. Area is the inside of a shape. 

Find below some photos of our process

We did this as a class as many groups had different measurements of the court. We decided to measure the length and width of the court again to ensure we were doing it accurately. We concluded that the length of the court was 23m (nearest metre) and the width was 13m (nearest metre). 

We went 23 X 10 (made a tidy number, so that we could work it out)= 230

23 X 3 (the left over from the 13)= 69

Added the totals together: 230 + 69= 299m2

We even replicated what the court would look like if we were to measure it using the square metre. Each cube in the picture represents 1m2. There is 23 cubes for the length and 13 cubes for the width. We counted them all and there was a total of 299 cubes.