Area of Triangles

Area of Triangles

How can you use the formula for the area of a parallelogram to find the area of a triangle?

USE YOUR WHITEBOARD TO WORK OUT THE PROBLEMS

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click or touch the BASE of the triangle

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click or touch the HEIGHT of the triangle

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click any measurements that are DISTRACTORS and will not be used to calculate area

Multiple Select

What's the formula for the area of a triangle? (You may have more than one answer, click on all that apply)

• $$a=\frac{1}{2}bh$$

• $$a=b\cdot h$$

• $$a=\frac{b\cdot h}{2}$$

• $$a=b-h$$

Multiple Choice

Which dimension is missing?

• height

• base

Multiple Choice

Which dimension is missing?

• height

• base

Multiple Choice

Find the missing dimension.

• $$5\ yds$$

• $$4\ yds$$

• $$18\ yds$$

• $$12\ yds$$

Multiple Choice

What is the area of this triangle?

• 216 square cm

• 200 square cm

• 108 square cm

• 180 square cm

Poll

How do you feel about finding the area of a triangle?

• Great!

• So-So

• Confused

Multiple Choice

Find the area of the triangle.

• 20 cm²

• 56 cm²

• 28 cm²

• 27 cm²

Multiple Choice

A triangle with a height of 20 cm and a base of 9 cm has an area of what?

• 90 cm squared
• 29 cm squared
• 180 cm squared
• 29 mm squared

Multiple Choice

Find the area of a triangle with:
base: 14 cm
height: 23 cm

• 161 cm²
• 161 cm³
• 322 cm²
• 322 cm³

Multiple Choice

Find the area:

• 40 yd
• 40 yd²
• 80 yd²
• 18 yd²

Multiple Choice

What is the area?

• 12 cm²
• 14
• 14 cm²
• 24 cm²

Multiple Choice

Area of triangle?

• 17 units²
• 20 units²
• 10 units²
• 16 units²

Match

Match the following

• b

• A

• h

• =

Base

Area

Height

equals

• Base

• Area

• Height

• equals

Multiple Choice

Which expression below will find the Area of this Triangle?

• $$\frac{\left(12\ \times13\right)}{2}$$

• $$\frac{\left(12\ +13\right)}{2}$$

• $$\frac{\left(13\ -\ 12\right)}{2}$$

• $$12\times13$$