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Area of a triangle (1) 1 Complete the sentences to describe the triangle. The triangle has full squares. The triangle has half squares. The area of the triangle is cm 2 2 Count squares to work out the area of each triangle. a) c) area = cm 2 b) area = cm 2 area = cm 2 3 Count squares to estimate the area of each triangle. a) c) area = cm 2 area = cm 2 b) area = cm 2 Why are your answers estimates? 4 a) Work out the areas of the shapes by counting squares. area = cm 2 area = cm 2 © White Rose Maths 2019 1 cm 1 cm 1 cm 1 cm 1 cm 1 cm 1 cm 1 cm 1 cm 1 cm area = cm 2 d) 1 cm 1 cm 1 cm 1 cm 1 cm 1 cm 1 cm 1 cm 1 cm 1 cm
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Page 1: Area of a triangle (1) - lawfordmead.essex.sch.uk€¦ · Area of a triangle (1) 1 Complete the sentences to describe the triangle. The triangle has full squares. The triangle has

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

©WhiteRoseMaths2019

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Page 2: Area of a triangle (1) - lawfordmead.essex.sch.uk€¦ · Area of a triangle (1) 1 Complete the sentences to describe the triangle. The triangle has full squares. The triangle has

b) Whatdoyounoticeaboutyouranswerstoparta)?

Explorethisusingotherrectangles.

c) Writeyourfindings.

5 Drawatrianglethathasanareaofapproximately15cm2

Compareanswerswithapartner.

©WhiteRoseMaths2019

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DoyouagreewithEva’sestimate?

Talkaboutitwithapartner.

7 Drawtriangleswiththeseareas.

1cm22cm23cm24cm25cm26cm2

Talktoapartneraboutthebeststrategiesfordrawing

thetriangles.

I estimate the size of the triangle to be about 16 cm2

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