Area of Triangle Revision

Area of Triangle Revision

Multiple Choice

The figure shows a triangle ABC. Find the height that corresponds to the base BC.

• BA

• BE

• AC

• AD

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ABC is a triangle. What is the area of triangle ABC?

Ans: ______ cm²

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ABCD is a square of side 12 cm. EC is $$\frac{1}{3}$$ the length of DC. Find the area of triangle BCE.

Ans: _____ cm²

Multiple Select

Which of the following figures show half of the figure is shaded?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Open Ended

Look at the 4 rectangles. 

- What can you say about the area of the shaded part(s) for each rectangle?

- What do you see that makes you say that?

 

Hints: Do the part(s) share any common base / height? You may wish to substitute values in to see if your reasoning makes sense.

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The figure is made up of a rectangle, measuring 16 cm by 6 cm, and 2 triangles. Find the area of the shaded part.

Ans: _______ cm²

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The figure is made up of triangles. AB is thrice of AE while AD = DC. The area of triangle AED is 10 cm². What is the area of triangle BDE?

Ans: ______ cm²

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In the figure, ABFG and BCDE are squares. AD and AF are straight lines. AG = 10 cm. The area of square ABFG is 4 times the area of square BCDE. Find the shaded area.

Ans: ________ cm²

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Look at the diagram. Triangle ABE has an area of 14 cm². Find the area of figure ABCED.

Ans: ________ cm²