

Area of a Triangle
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Mathematics
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6th Grade
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Hard
Joseph Anderson
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4 Slides • 6 Questions
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Area of a Triangle

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Today's Goals
Identify the base and height of the triangle
Understand the basic formula to find the area of a triangle
Apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.
Create a triangle and find its area
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Points to remember:
Base is usually the bottom, but not always.
The height of any object is how much it measures from its top to its bottom.
Base and height meet at 900 (90 degrees).
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Multiple Choice
What is the height of the given triangle?
21 mm
66 mm
33 mm
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Multiple Choice
Identify the height.
24 in
25 in
7 in
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Area of a triangle = 2b×h
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Open Ended
Write the formula to find the area of a triangle.
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Multiple Choice
Find the area of the triangle.
30 cm2
35 cm2
25 cm2
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Multiple Choice
Salma bought the Almarai Cheese from LuLu Supermarket. She observes that the height of the triangle cheese is 6cm and base 4cm. Help Salma to find the area of the cheese.
13 cm2
12 cm2
10 cm2
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