Area of a triangle (1)
1 Completethesentencestodescribe
thetriangle.
Thetrianglehas fullsquares.
Thetrianglehas halfsquares.
Theareaofthetriangle
is cm2
2 Countsquarestoworkouttheareaofeachtriangle.
a) c)
area= cm2
b)
area= cm2 area= cm2
3 Countsquarestoestimatetheareaofeachtriangle.
a) c)
area= cm2 area= cm2
b)
area= cm2
Whyareyouranswersestimates?
4 a)Workouttheareasoftheshapesbycountingsquares.
area= cm2 area= cm2
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b) Whatdoyounoticeaboutyouranswerstoparta)?
Explorethisusingotherrectangles.
c) Writeyourfindings.
5 Drawatrianglethathasanareaofapproximately15cm2
Compareanswerswithapartner.
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DoyouagreewithEva’sestimate?
Talkaboutitwithapartner.
7 Drawtriangleswiththeseareas.
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Talktoapartneraboutthebeststrategiesfordrawing
thetriangles.
I estimate the size of the triangle to be about 16 cm2
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