Basic Areas

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Taught by MrBurnett
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Lesson Description:

Basic math of area, units, rectangle, parallelogram, triangle

Questions answered by this video:
  • How do you find the area of a shape in geometry from a grid?
  • How do you find the area of rectangles and triangles on a coordinate grid?
  • What is the formula for the area of a rectangle?
  • What is the formula for the area of a parallelogram?
  • Why is the area of a parallelogram the same as that of a rectangle?
  • What is the formula for the area of a triangle?
  • Why is the area of a triangle half of the area of a rectangle?
  • If the base of a triangle is 6cm and the height is 4cm, what is the area of the triangle?
  • Staff Review

    • Currently 4.0/5 Stars.
    This lesson introduces you to geometric shapes and the formulas for their areas. You will learn why their formulas work by examining them on a coordinate grid.
  • queenofarabia

    • Currently 5.0/5 Stars.
    very good fantastic