CHAPTER 11

PERIMETER AND AREA

11.1. Perimeter of a region

1.

The perimeter of a region: A total length of the

boundaries that completely enclose the region.
Example:

5 cm
3 cm

12 cm
m
c
13

3 cm

15 cm

The perimeter of the shaded region is

3 + 8 + 15 + 3 + 13 = 42 cm.

8 cm

2.

3.

The area of a region: The total number of

squares completely covered by the region.
The area of a shape can be estimated by
the following method:
a. Trace the shape on a piece of grid paper.
b. Count and tick () the number of
complete squares covered by the shape
c. An incomplete square is not counted if
less than half of the square is covered.

The estimated area of the shaded region is

5 cm.

Area of rectangle
length
breadth

The area of a rectangle = length breadth

Area of square
length

breadth

The area of a square = length breadth

Area of triangle

height

height
base

base

The area of a triangle = base height

Area of parallelogram

height
base

The area of a parallelogram = base height

Area of trapezium
a
height
b

The area of a trapezium = ( a + b) height

THE END

PREPARED BY:
NORASHIKIN BINTI MOHAMAD