Vocabulary - Area & Surface Area

The number of square units needed to cover a 2-dimensional region (shape) without gaps or overlaps

• Decompose

• Area

• Volume

• Space

Tags

CCSS.3.MD.C.5

CCSS.3.MD.C.6

CCSS.3.MD.C.7

To cut or break apart

• Decompose

• Area

• Rearrange

• Compose

Tags

CCSS.1.G.A.3

To move around

• Decompose

• Area

• Rearrange

• Compose

Tags

CCSS.5.G.A.2

CCSS.5.OA.B.3

To put together

• Decompose

• Area

• Rearrange

• Compose

Tags

CCSS.K.G.B.5

CCSS.K.G.B.6

A four-sided polygon with two pairs of parallel sides

• Parallelogram

• Trapezoid

• Triangle

• Hexagon

Tags

CCSS.5.G.B.3

CCSS.5.G.B.4

ANY side can be chosen as a ______.

**If on a grid, choose a side along a gridline!

• Base

• Height

• Triangle

• Parallelogram

Once we have chosen a base, the corresponding _______ is the length of a perpendicular segment from the base to opposite side or vertex.

• Base

• Height

• Triangle

• Parallelogram

Tags

CCSS.6.G.A.1

Formula for area of a Parallelogram

Formula for area of a Triangle

Tags

CCSS.HSG.SRT.D.9

Formula for area of a Trapezoid

Tags

CCSS.6.G.A.1