Unit 15 · Shapes, area and volume

Video lessons

7 lessons from established maths channels, all taught by native English speakers and all matched to a specific section of Unit 1. Every video ID was verified, so none of these links are broken.

CorbettmathsMath Antics Math with Mr. JKhan Academy Mathsaurus
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15.1 Perimeter and area of rectangles1 videos

Area of a Rectangle

British corbettmaths

Length times width, and keeping perimeter and area apart.

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15.2 Compound shapes1 videos

Area of Compound Shapes

British corbettmaths

Splitting a shape into rectangles, and finding the side lengths that were not given.

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15.3 Units of area1 videos

Converting Metric Units of Area

British corbettmaths

Why the conversion factor is squared: 1 m² is 10 000 cm², not 100.

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15.4 Area of a triangle1 videos

Area of a Triangle

British corbettmaths

Half base times perpendicular height, including the obtuse case where the height falls outside.

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15.5 Volume of cubes and cuboids2 videos

Math Antics - Volume

American mathantics

What volume means, and why it is counted in cubes.

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Volume of a cuboid and cube

British corbettmaths

The formula applied to examination-style questions.

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15.6 Surface area, nets and views1 videos

Surface Area of a Cuboid

British corbettmaths

Six faces in three pairs, and using the net so none is missed.

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All links in one tablecopy-friendly

SectionVideoChannelAccentLevel
15.1Area of a RectanglecorbettmathsBritishcore
15.2Area of Compound ShapescorbettmathsBritishcore
15.3Converting Metric Units of AreacorbettmathsBritishcore
15.4Area of a TrianglecorbettmathsBritishcore
15.5Math Antics - VolumemathanticsAmericancore
15.5Volume of a cuboid and cubecorbettmathsBritishcore
15.6Surface Area of a CuboidcorbettmathsBritishcore