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G14-G16 Perimeter and area

Currently Developing · last touched 2026-10-20

Two unaided L-shapes with working when asked (5 and 14 Oct). Secure on a compound-area item where the question does not ask for working and the lines still appear; write cm² (not cm*2). No exit ticket has run on this ref.

Every change

WhenChangeEvidenceSession
2026-10-20Developing → Developingadjudicated paper #9 Q7: 3/3, why:bar, at the bar (L-shape 80−12=68, every line shown, 1 min). With 5 Oct's L-shape this is a second unaided day, but both questions asked for working; the owed evidence is a working line when the wording does not ask, so no move.standalone
2026-10-14Developing → Developingpaper #9 Q7: 3/3, loss=none — 80−12=68 with every line shown in 1 min when the question asked for working; units written cm*2session 104
2026-10-05Developing → DevelopingMixed round Q3, non-calc, unaided, question stated 'Show your working. State the units': L-shape 10 by 8 with 6 by 5 missing → '8*10 = 80, 6*5 = 30, 80 - 30 = 50', '50cm*2'. Correct; missing lengths 6 and 5 found unprompted; 3 working lines and units present.session 71
2026-09-25Developing → Developing25 Sep starter, calc, drawn L-shape 4×8 + 6×5 → '62cm2' bare, correct, units present, no working line.session 46
2026-09-24Developing → Developing24 Sep: trapezium 8,12,h5 → 50cm² by rearranging to a rectangle; formula line only after 'where did your 10 come from?' then 'A = 1/2(8 + 12)5 = 50cm2' ✓. Starter L-shape 5×9 + 7×4 → '73cm2' ✓ bare, units present.session 43
2026-09-22Developing → Developing22 Sep, calc: trapezium 8, 12, height 5 → 50 cm² with units, formula not written despite being asked, '10 × 5 = 50' on request; rectangle 10×6 with 3×2 cut out → 54 cm² with units. Both correct unaided. First trapezium and first compound area tested.session 38
2026-09-18Developing → Developing18 Sep starter, non-calc: triangle base 12 cm, height 7 cm → 12×7 = 84, 84÷2 = 42. Correct, unaided, first time a bare triangle-area question has actually been asked. Units omitted; formula not written out.session 31
2026-09-03Developing → DevelopingCORRECTION to the diagnostic record, from the marked 2F Jun-22 script. The prior note said "triangle area failed on P2 27". It did not: Q27 was left blank, 0/5, never attempted. It is also a Pythagoras + composite-area question (hypotenuse from 30 and 16, then rectangle + triangle = 2008 cm²), so it belongs to G20/G17 as much as here. Compound area correct on P3 Q25 stands. No evidence either way on triangle area alone.standalone

In papers

AttemptPaperQMarksNote
Exam practice — week 42 · maths, lit, cs — GCSE Mathematics sectionexam-skills #973/3M1 M1 A1. 10×8=80, 4×3=12, 80−12=68, working shown, 1 min. Units written as cm*2.

Materials

Corbettmaths: Area of a Trapezium Video
The 1/2(a+b)h formula. Focus area given trapezium and compound area are the untested parts.
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Corbettmaths: Area of Compound Shapes Practice Questions
Composite-area worksheet with video solutions.
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