1. Area & Perimeter – Rectangle – Messenger!
In this competitive activity, one student at a time acts as a messenger for their team of 2 or more students. Without running (!), they relay information about questions
(posted around the room) to their teammates who then answer them.
Students need to record the question letter and the answer so they can mark their work using the answer slide at the end of the activity. With the points system, students can attempt appropriate questions.
You could choose posters/questions to include and delete others.
(Clear plastic wallets around your classroom
make it quick and easy to display posters.)

2. Printing To print handouts from slides -
Select the slide from the left. Then click:
File > Print > ‘Print Current Slide’
To print multiple slides -
Click on a section title to highlight all those slides,
or press ‘Ctrl’ at the same time as selecting slides to
highlight more than one. Then click:
File > Print > ‘Print Selection’

3. Messenger!
Title Slide

4. 10 In teams pick a messenger! It’s their job to collect questions
for the rest of the team to answer.
You can change who is the messenger but
only one person is allowed to stand up at once and
they can’t carry a pen or paper to the question!
Each question is worth a different number of points!
Record the question letter and your
answer on a single piece of paper.
After marking,
the team that scores the most points wins! 10
Optional rules slide to show the class.

5. 3 3 Question B Question A What is the perimeter What is the perimeter
of this rectangle?
What is the perimeter
of this rectangle?
8 cm
3 m
4 cm
1.5 m

6. 3 4 Question D Question C What is the perimeter What is the area
of this rectangle?
What is the area
of this rectangle?
4 m
5 cm
150 cm
3 cm

7. 4 3 Question F Question E What is the area What is the area
of this rectangle?
What is the area
of this rectangle?
4 m
2 cm
250 cm
7.5 cm

8. 5 5 Question H Question G The perimeter of this rectangle is 28 m.
What is the missing length (𝑥)?
The perimeter of this
rectangle is 28 cm.
What is the missing length (𝑥)?
4 m
𝑥 cm
𝑥 m
6.5 cm

9. 5 5 Question J Question I The area of this rectangle is 40 m2.
What is the missing length (𝑥)?
The area of this
rectangle is 36 cm2.
What is the missing length (𝑥)?
𝑥 cm
8 m
𝑥 m
12 cm

10. 6 6 Question L Question K 4 cm 2 m 2 cm 3 m
The large rectangle is made from
identical copies of the small rectangle.
What is the perimeter of
the large rectangle?
The large rectangle is made from
identical copies of the small rectangle.
What is the area of
the large rectangle?
4 cm
2 m
2 cm
3 m

11. 7 6 Question N Question M A rectangular piece of card
has a length of 5 cm
and a width of 6 cm.
What is the perimeter and the area
of the card?
A rectangular field has an
area of 63 m2 and
a length of 9 m.
What is the perimeter of the field?

12. 7 6 Question P Question O 12 cm 8 m 6 cm
The large rectangle is made from
identical copies of the small rectangle.
What is the perimeter of
the small rectangle?
The large rectangle is made from
identical copies of the same rectangle.
What is the area of
the large rectangle?
12 cm
8 m
6 cm

13. 7 7 Question R Question Q 1 m 10 cm The large rectangle is made from
congruent copies of the small rectangle.
The area of the large rectangle is 100 cm2.
What is the perimeter of
the small rectangle?
The large rectangle is made from
congruent copies of the small rectangle.
The perimeter of the
large rectangle is 22 m.
What is the area of
the large rectangle?
1 m
10 cm

14. 8 8 Question T Question S 6 cm 5 cm The large shape is made from
congruent copies of the small rectangle.
The area of the small rectangle is 10 cm2.
What is the perimeter of the large shape?
The large shape is made from
congruent copies of the small rectangle.
The area of the large shape is 90 cm2.
What is the perimeter of the large shape?
6 cm
5 cm

15. 8 8 Question V Question U A rectangle has an area of 50 cm2.
The rectangle’s length is twice its width.
What is the perimeter of the rectangle?
A rectangle has a perimeter of 24 cm.
The rectangle’s length is twice its width.
What is the area of the rectangle?

16. 9 9 Question X Question W 2𝑥+4 cm 3𝑥−3 m 6 cm 5 m
The area of this rectangle is 48 cm2.
What is the value of 𝑥?
The perimeter of this rectangle is 40 m.
What is the value of 𝑥?
2𝑥+4 cm
3𝑥−3 m
6 cm
5 m

17. 11 10 Question Z Question Y 𝑥 cm 𝑥+4 cm 𝑥+1 cm 𝑥−2 cm
The perimeter of this rectangle is 22 cm.
What is the area of the shape?
The area of this rectangle is 24 cm2.
What is the perimeter of the shape?
𝑥 cm
𝑥+4 cm
𝑥+1 cm
𝑥−2 cm

18. Half marks if the units are missing!
Qu.
Answer
Points A
24 cm 3 B
9 m C
11 m 4 D
15 cm2 E
10 m2 F G
10 m 5 H
7.5 cm I
5 m
Qu.
Answer
Points J
3 cm 5 K
20 cm 6 L
24 m2 M
P = 22cm,
A = 30cm2 N
32 m 7 O
18 cm P
80 m2 Q
25 cm
Qu.
Answer
Points R
30 m2 7 S
34 cm 8 T
46 cm U
30 cm V
32 cm2 W
𝑥 = 2 9 X
𝑥 = 6 Y
28 cm2 10 Z
24 cm 11
Answers to display so students can mark their own or another team’s work.

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