Investigating Area

Well, we certainly gave our maths shelf a workout when we did our area investigations recently. Our task was to find items that could cover a piece of coloured paper without gaps or overlaps. We discovered that coins and counters are NOT the best items to use to cover the paper, because they left many gaps – as you can see below.

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