measurement
 : Floor Tiles
Approach: Station
Resources: Square tile, ruler, pencil.

Questions / instructions:
The tile is one unit of area. How many tiles would be needed to cover the area of each of the rooms?

 
% responses
y4
y8

1. Bedroom

6 tiles

27
69
2. Bathroom
5 tiles
8
42
3. Kitchen
10 tiles
21
61
4. Porch
2 tiles
3 tiles
9
17
45
12
Year 4
5. Guess the number of tiles needed to cover the shape.
20–30
15–19
37
10
45
18
year 8
5. Look at the tile to make a rough estimate of the number of tiles needed to cover the shape.

Commentary:
Year 8 students were substantially better than year 4 students when calculating areas, but not when estimating.



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