Learning pack · IGCSE handout

Area

What's in this pack: printable worksheet PDF, matching answers PDF (IGCSE / Secure–Stretch practice). Area questions mix rectangles, triangles, parallelograms, trapeziums and compound shapes. Keep units consistent and show how you split a compound region.

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Scaffolded Learning Sheet — attempt the worksheet, then use the Answers for a full written solution.

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Files: 3_area_handout.pdf · 3_area_handout_answers.pdf

Full topic summary

Area questions mix rectangles, triangles, parallelograms, trapeziums and compound shapes. Keep units consistent and show how you split a compound region.

Key learning points

Rectangle $lw$ ; triangle $\tfrac12 bh$ ; parallelogram $bh$ ; trapezium $\tfrac12(a+b)h$ .
Compound shapes: split into known pieces or subtract a cut-out.
Convert mixed units before multiplying (cm vs m).

Worked example 1 — Triangle

Base $10$ , height $6$ . Area?

Working

A=\tfrac{1}{2}\times10\times6=30

Half base times height.

Worked example 2 — Trapezium

Parallel sides $5$ and $9$ , height $4$ . Area?

Working

A=\tfrac{1}{2}(5+9)\times4=28

Average of parallels × height.

Worked example 3 — Compound shape

Rectangle $8\times5$ remove $3\times2$ . Area?

Working

40-6=34

Add or subtract known areas.

Worked example 4 — Parallelogram

Base $12$ , height $5$ . Area?

Working

A=60

Use the perpendicular height.

🎬 Topic videos

Area of a Triangle: ½absinC
Eddie Woo · 11 min
Lower Secondary classroom-friendly explainer. Scaffold→stretch friendly; use with mixed-ability groups.
Surface Area of Spheres (1 of 2: Finding the Surface area of spheres and hemispheres)
Eddie Woo · 7 min
Lower Secondary classroom-friendly explainer. Scaffold→stretch friendly; use with mixed-ability groups.
Areas of Composite Figures
Eddie Woo · 13 min
Lower Secondary classroom-friendly explainer. Scaffold→stretch friendly; use with mixed-ability groups.
Surface Area of a Cone (1 of 2: Understanding the net)
Eddie Woo · 7 min
Lower Secondary classroom-friendly explainer. Scaffold→stretch friendly; use with mixed-ability groups.
Surface Area of a Cone (2 of 2: Deriving the formula)
Eddie Woo · 9 min
Lower Secondary classroom-friendly explainer. Scaffold→stretch friendly; use with mixed-ability groups.
Area of a Trapezium - Corbettmaths
Corbettmaths · 4 min
Lower Secondary classroom-friendly explainer. Scaffold→stretch friendly; use with mixed-ability groups.

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