Cuemath
Cuemath: Right Angled Triangle
Explore and learn about the features and properties of a right triangle in this lesson. Includes examples and practice questions.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Trigonometry: Alternate Formula for the Area of a Triangle
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] An alternate formula for the area of a triangle.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Area of a Triangle and Parallelogram Using Trig
How can trigonometry be used to find the area of a triangle or parallelogram? Does the triangle need to be a right triangle, and how accurate can the results possibly be? The answers to these questions are found here along with several...
Mathigon
Mathigon: Geometry: Triangles and Trigonometry: Properties of Triangles
This lesson focuses on the properties of triangles, a closed shape that has three sides, three vertices, and and three internal angles. There are different types of triangles such as a right triangle, obtuse, and acute based on the...
University of Georgia
University of Georgia: Inter Math: Recommended Investigations of the Triangle
Investigate the qualities of a triangle with these seventeen word problems. Many include ways to extend the lesson.
Homeschool Math
Homeschool Math: Area of Parallelograms
This instructional activity presents the idea that the area of any right triangle is exactly half of a certain rectangle, and contains varied exercises for students.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Triangle Explorer
This applet allows users to study the nature of triangles and their area. It draws random triangles on a Cartesian coordinate system. The user can determine the area of the triangle using his or her preferred method. After the calculated...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Area of Right Triangles
Find the area of right triangles Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Proof of the Pythagorean Theorem Using Transformations
In this activity, students will explore visual proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem using area and transformations. They will use the Cabri Jr. app to perform translations on the squares constructed on the two legs and the hypotenuse of a...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Use Area of Squares to Visualize Pythagorean Theorem
Apply the Pythagorean theorem and its converse to solve these problems. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video, or receive hints.
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Area of Triangles Without Right Angles
Learn how to find the area of triangles without right angles. Find the formula to use depending on the information you know about the triangle: base and height, three sides, or two sides and an angle.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Area of Triangles
Practice finding the area of right, acute, and obtuse triangles. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Homeschool Math
Homeschool Math: Area of Right Triangles
This lesson presents the idea that the area of any right triangle is exactly half of a certain rectangle, and contains varied exercises for students.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Disappearing Square
This one page website explains how to find the area of a triangle with an interactive graphic. It then offers a challenge. The solution is available right at the website.
Ministry of Education and Employment of Spain
Red Escolar: Un Triangulo Sorprendente
In Spanish. Different activities which involve the following concepts: right triangles, perpendicular lines, classification of triangles, area of a square and Pythagorean theorem.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: G C, G Srt Setting Up Sprinklers
In this task, students must decide where to place sprinklers on a lawn so that the maximum area of the lawn will be watered. To solve it, they must find areas of sectors of circles and use trigonometric ratios to solve right triangles....
Math Open Reference
Math Open Reference: 45 45 90 Triangle
Explore the triangle inequality theorem with this helpful reference tool. Provides a detailed definition and an interactive activity that enhances further explanation. Includes links to related topics.
Math Open Reference
Math Open Reference: Triangles
A complete reference guide to types of triangles and triangle perimeter and area. It provides definitions and interactive animated activities that enhance further explanation.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Eureka Math Parent Guide: Area, Surface Area, and Volume Problems
A guide to support parents as they work with their students with area, surface area, and volume problems.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Use Pythagorean Theorem to Find Area and Perimeter
Find the area and perimeter of triangles and quadrilaterals by first using the Pythagorean Theorem to find missing side lengths. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video, or...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: G C, G Srt Neglecting the Curvature of the Earth
Jerry and Ashley are trying to find out if it is possible to see the lowest point in the USA from the highest point in the USA. It turns out that the highest point in the United States, the peak of Mount Whitney, is only 85 miles from...
BBC
Bbc: Bitesize: Maths: 2 D Shapes
Learn about the properties of 2-D shapes: circles, triangles, polygons, and quadrilaterals. Includes information, video, and examples about each, with games and quizzes for reinforcement.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Land Surveying Project
This project resulted from of the collaboration of a computer aided drafting teacher, Chris Bond, and a math teacher, Lee Cable, (Hewitt-Trussville High School) to provide higher math expectations in CT and real life application in...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: New Hampshire, 1903
A map from 1903 of New Hampshire showing the capital of Concord, counties and county seats, principal cities and towns, railroads, rivers, and mountain ranges. "New Hampshire, one of the New England States of the American Union, lies...