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Area of a triangle (2)
1 a)Divideeachrectangleintotworight-angledtriangles.
Thefirstonehasbeendoneforyou.
2 a)Calculatetheareaoftherectangleandthetriangle.
area= cm2 area= cm2
b) Explainhowyouworkedouttheareaofthe
right-angledtriangle.
3 Calculatetheareasoftheright-angledtriangles.
triangleA= cm2triangleC= cm2
triangleB= cm2
4 Whitneyiscalculatingtheareaofthetriangleusingtheformula.
DoyouagreewithWhitney?
Talkaboutitwithapartner.
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A
B
C1cm
1cm
1cm
1cm
1cm
1cm
1cm
1cm
Area= 12
×base×perpendicularheight
The area is 12 × 4 × 3.
You can ignore the 5 because it isn’t the base or the perpendicular height.
5cm
3cm
4cm
5 Insertthecorrectnumbersintotheformulatocalculatetheareaof
thetriangle.
a)
12
× × = cm2
10cm
6cm
8cm
b)
12
× × = mm2
15mm
8mm
17mm
c)
12
× × = cm2
5cm
13cm
12cm
6 Calculatetheareasofthetriangles.
a) b)
3cm
8cm
5mm
4mm
area= cm2 area= mm2
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c) d)
10m13m
12m
12mm
2cm
16mm
area= m2 area= mm2
7 Thewidthoftheright-angledtrianglesisincreasingby1cm.
6cm
1cm
6cm
2cm
6cm
3cm
Investigatethepatternfortheareas.
Whathappenstothepatternifthelengthandwidthincrease?