Area is the amount of space taken up by a flat shape and is calculated by counting the square units inside it; almost like the tiles on a floor. For example, if we can repeatedly fit a square with 1cm ...

TRIANGLE: Now he's 4 cm high and 3 cm wide, like me. He's 12 square cm, so I must be half that… 6 square centimetres! And whatever shape I am it still works! RECTANGLE: You're just really embarrassing ...