Math · Stage 1
Cover and count: area with square tiles
Cover and count to find the area of a shape with square tiles, including half squares.
✦ Math📘 Stage 1 · S1⏱ ~9 min🧒 Ages 5–6★ Free to start
cover and count to find the area of a shape with square tiles, including half squares
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Ayu and the Kitchen Mat
Mama Sari has a small mat by the kitchen door. Ayu wants to cover it with square tiles from the market. How many tiles will fill the mat with no empty space? Ayu does not know a fair way to count flat space. By the end I can cover a shape with square tiles and count them to say how much space it covers.
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What your child will learn
1Warm up: measure, count, add
2Words for covering a mat
3Cover the mat and count
4Estimate first, then count
5Count the squares inside
6Rows that are not the same
7Fair and unfair coverings
8A stacked tile hides space
9Say the area in squares
10Tiles for a mat
11Cut a square in half
12Arrows show the pairs
13Count wholes, pair halves, add
14Write the total and explain
15Which shape covers more?
16Halves in both shapes
17Area in square centimetres
18Estimate before you count
19Halves and square metres
20Pair the halves
21Fix four wrong ideas
22Cover a card and count
23Check your thinking
24What I can do now
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A peek inside
Sari covers a small mat with 2 rows of 4 square tiles. How many squares does it cover?
Predict first: about 8 tiles.<br>Count row 1: 1, 2, 3, 4.<br>Count row 2: 5, 6, 7, 8.<br>4 + 4 = 8, so it covers 8 squares.
Try this at home: Sari covers a small mat with 2 rows of 4 square tiles. How many squares does it cover?
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