Area multiplication

In LS1 today, we learned about area and how to calculate the size of the area using times tables. We did this by playing the Area Multiplication game, after Mr Wong taught us about area. In this game a player rolls dice to find numbers to multiply. They then have to draw the corresponding rectangle on grid paper. The winner is the player who gained the most area.

This game was able to help out several different groups of people in the class. Some of the class are practising skip counting, others are memorising their times tables, and everyone needed to learn about area. The challenge for everyone after playing the game was to see if anyone could figure out the area of a triangle. I wonder how many students used Google to find the method...