Practise building and comparing the areas of rectangles with this spin and compare activity. Students spin a width and a height, shade the grid to build the first rectangle and find its area, then repeat to build a second rectangle. They compare the two areas using greater than, less than or equal to.
What’s included:
Version 1: 6 coloured mats (widths 4-8, heights 1-5)
Version 2: 6 coloured mats (widths 5-9, heights 2-6)
Black and white versions
1 recording sheet