What's the formula?
Measurement conversions
Squares
Triangles and cirlces
NZ at the 2024 Olympics
100

Area of a square

Base x Height or Length x width

100

How many millimetres in a centimetre? 

10 mm

100

What is the difference between perimeter and area?

Perimeter is the distance around the outside of a shape. Area is the amount of space inside a shape.

100

What is the perimeter of this triangle? 

26

100

Which event did New Zealand win there first gold medal in ?

Women Rugby 7's

200

Area of a rectangle. 

Base x height

200

How many metres in a kilometre? 

1,000

200

Is perimeter measured in metres or metres squared? 

Metres

200

A circle has a diameter of 7cm. What is the circumference of the circle?

21.99cm

200

Hayden Wilde gained a silver medal for New Zealand. Which sport did he gain it in? 


Men's Triathlon

300

Circumference of a circle

Pi x diameter

300

Convert 1.72 metres to centimetres. 

172 centimetres

300

What is the perimeter of this rectangle?

104 m.

300

What is the area of this triangle? 


41.32 m squared

300

Which event does Zoe Hobbs compete in? 


100 metre sprint

400

Area of a triangle

Base x height / 2

400

The world record for high jump is 2.45 metres. New Zealand's best high jumper Hamish Kerr's personal best is 2.36 metres. How many more centimetres would Hamish need to jump to break the world record.

9 cm

400

A square has four sides that are 5cm each. What is its area? 

25cm squared

400

A circle has a radius of 4 cm. What is it's circumference? 

25.13cm

400

What event does David Liti compete in?


Weightlifting.

500

Area of a trapezium

A + B / 2 x height. 

500

Sydney runs 1600 metres to university each day and 1600 metres home each day. She goes to university 252 days a week each year. She needs to study for  3 years to get her degree. 

How many kilometres will she run by the end of her degree ?

2419.2

500

Calculate the total area of this image? 


12cm2 + 32cm2 + 70cm2 = 114 cm squared

500

A triangle has an area of 40mm squared. It has a base of 10mm. What is the height?

8 mm

500

Lisa Carrington won her 6th Gold medal for New Zealand last night. How old is she?


35