Area Of Triangles

Area of Right Triangles

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Area of Isosceles & Scalene Triangles  

Height = 7

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Base =6

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Draw three different triangles with an area of 24 square inches. Label the base and height of each triangle.

A triangle has a height of 4 centimeters and an area of 6 square centimeters. Find the base of the triangle. #1 3

 

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Research Questions Explain how the area of a right triangle is related to that of a square or rectangle.

Explain how the area of a non-right triangle is related to that of a parallelogram.

Answer Key

1) 27 square units 2) 20 square centimeters 3) 24.5 square units 4) 16.5 square inches 5) 27.5 square centimeters 6) 6 square inches 7) 21 square units 8) 21 square units 9) 30 square units 10)511.5 square centimeters 11)18 square units 12)12 square units 13)3 centimeters 14)Answers will vary