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.5A

To cut or break apart

• Decompose

• Area

• Rearrange

• Compose

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

To move around

• Decompose

• Area

• Rearrange

• Compose

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

To put together

• Decompose

• Area

• Rearrange

• Compose

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

A four-sided polygon with two pairs of parallel sides

• Parallelogram

• Trapezoid

• Triangle

• Hexagon

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CCSS.4.G.A.2

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

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CCSS.6.G.A.1

Formula for area of a Parallelogram

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CCSS.6.G.A.1

Formula for area of a Triangle

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CCSS.6.G.A.1

Formula for area of a Trapezoid

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CCSS.6.G.A.1