Matching Exercise - Measurement Definitions

MINUTE

The distance around the outside of a shape is called the _________________

PERIMETER

This word describes counting or calculating the number of square units that cover the surface of a shape.

AREA

If you cut a rectangle or square in half diagonally, what is the shape of the two halves?

TRIANGLE

What name is given to half the diameter of a circle?

RADIUS

The circumference is approximately 3 times the ______________

DIAMETER

This relationship of the circumference to the diameter is a constant infinite number with a special name called ________

PI (p)

To find the volume of a shape we multiply the area of a cross section by the ___________

HEIGHT

We use cubic units to measure _____________

VOLUME

Cubic units can also be measured in millilitres or litres. We call this type of volume ___________

CAPACITY

There are 10000 m² in one _______________

HECTARE

Grams is the standard unit used to measure _______________

MASS or WEIGHT

p x radius x radius is the formula you use to find the area of a _____________

CIRCLE

A rectangle on a lean is called a _______________

PARALLELOGRAM

The formula to find the area of a parallelogram is the same as the formula you would use to find the area of a ____________

RECTANGLE

Half a circle is called a _____________

SEMICIRCLE

A trapezium only has 2 sides that are _______________

PARALLEL

When a line cuts another line at a ninety degree angle it forms a ______________

RIGHT ANGLE

There are one million cubic centimetres in one cubic ____________

METRE

1000 kilograms is the same weight as one __________

TONNE

There are 60 seconds in one _____________

Created by Sue Saunderson