Area of Triangles & Parallelograms
Calculate the area of parallelograms and triangles using formulae (A = b × h for parallelograms, A = ½ × b × h for triangles)
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If your child is cutting triangular pieces of cloth where the base is 8 cm and the height is 5 cm, can they use a formula to work out the area of each piece?
Calculate the area of parallelograms and triangles using formulae (A = b × h for parallelograms, A = ½ × b × h for triangles)
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- Calculate the area of a parallelogram with base 8 cm and height 5 cm
- Calculate the area of a triangle with base 12 cm and height 7 cm
- Explain why the area of a triangle is half the area of a related parallelogram
“If your child is cutting triangular pieces of cloth where the base is 8 cm and the height is 5 cm, can they use a formula to work out the area of each piece?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Measurement
- Age range
- Ages 10–11