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Connecting Area Formulas Produces a Beautiful Formula

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
In this math worksheet, students find the area of the triangle using the formula of 1/2 bh. Then they find the area using an alternative method.
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Area Of Triangles 2

For Students 4th - 8th
Use this math worksheet to have learners complete six problems where they find the area of triangles by multiplying the base times the height and dividing by 2. Examples are given in this well-designed worksheet.    
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Pythagorean Theorem

For Teachers 7th - 10th
In this measurement instructional activity, learners examine the Pythagorean Theorem, perimeter, and areas of right triangles. They record their measurements and research their findings on a grid.
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Concord Consortium

Strings and Areas

For Students 9th - 11th Standards
You'd be surprised what you can do with a string! The constraint is the length of string, and the task is to maximize area. Given a series of composite shapes, learners must create a formula for the maximum area for a specified...
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Mathematics Assessment Project

Solving Problems with Circles and Triangles

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
After completing a task involving examining the ratio of areas of triangles and circles in a given figure, scholars examine sample responses to identify other strategies they could use to solve the problem.
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Assessment
Concord Consortium

Area Upgrade

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Imagine a world built of triangles. A performance task asks scholars to consider just that. They use their knowledge of special segments of a triangle to make decisions about the area of triangular plots of land.
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Area of Common Geometric Figures

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
Scholars can use area formulas, but can they apply what they know about area? The lesson plan challenges learners to think logically while practicing finding area of shapes such as rectangles, circles, parallelograms, triangles, and...
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Mathematics Assessment Project

Evaluating Statements About Length and Area

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Class members complete an assessment task by identifying whether statements about triangles and quadrilaterals are always true, sometimes true, or never true. They then participate in a sorting activity with the same objective.
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Finding Areas of Triangles, Rectangles, and Circles

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students find the areas of geometric shapes. For this geometry lesson students find and measure the sides, perimeters, and areas of quadrilaterals, triangles, and circles. Students relate the measures to the others by using formulas.
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Investigating Area Relationships

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners investigate the area of various figures. They construct triangles and quadrilaterals using Cabri Jr. and discuss the relationships between different angles, side lengths, and figures.
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Investigating Segments in a Triangle

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Pupils investigate segments in a triangle by constructing a triangle using Cabri Jr. They construct segments within the triangle that lie on the midpoints of the triangle's sides. Learners then compare the slope of base of the triangle...
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Measuring Angles in a Triangle

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High schoolers investigate the sum of the measures of the angles of a triangle. They draw a triangle and measure the interior angles. Using Cabri Jr., learners find the sum of the measures of the interior angles. The instructional...
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Investigating Segments in a Right Triangle

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High schoolers explore the concept of right triangles as they construct a right triangle using Cabri Jr. Learners find the midpoint of the hypotenuse and construct a line from the midpoint to the vertex of the right angle. They then...
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Triangle Sum Theorem

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Teach your class how to solve problems using the triangle sum theorem. In this geometry lesson plan, students identify the missing angles in a triangle using the sum theorem. They graph triangles on the TI and moves the sides around to...
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Constructions Triangles

For Teachers 10th Standards
Learners explore the difference between a construction and a drawing. They focus on various ways to construct different types of triangles. The lesson is an application of Cabri Jr. and reinforces the difference between a constructions...
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Ratios in Right Triangles

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners calculate the sides of right triangles in this trigonometric ratios lesson. They use Cabri Jr. software and TI-83 or TI-84 calculators to find the side lengths and their ratios to each other for various triangles. The provided...
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Similar Triangles and Proportions

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Pupils investigate similar triangles and proportions as they make conjectures about the length of sides of similar triangles. For this lesson, have your class construct similar triangles using Cabri Jr so that they share a common vertex.
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Triangle Inequality Theorem

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High schoolers investigate the relationship between angle measures and sides of a triangle and the relationships among the three sides of a triangle. The use of technology (Cabri, Jr.) allows learners to make and test conjectures as they...
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30-60-90 Right Triangles in Cabri Jr.

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Young mathematicians draw and label right triangles using Cabri Jr. technology. They create other special right triangles and identify the length of the hypotenuse and each leg. Students explore the ratios to determine how the hypotenuse...
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Area of Triangles

For Students 6th - 8th
For this math learning exercise, students draw two triangles and one pentagon. Then they use the correct formula to calculate the area for each.
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Area of a Triangle

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Young scholars solve the area of triangles. In this precalculus lesson, students are given two sides of a triangle and asked to calculate the area. They apply the law of sine and the side-angle-side area formula to solve.
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Area Problem

For Students 8th - 12th
In this area problem, students solve a problem of the week.  They determine the area of a given figure.  This one-page worksheet contains 1 problem.  A detailed explanation to find the answer is provided.
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The Area of a Triangle

For Students 5th - 6th
In this area of a triangle instructional activity, students solve 30 problems in which the area of triangles are calculated. There is instruction on the page. This is intended for on-line use but can be done on paper.
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Area of Triangle Worksheet

For Students 5th - 6th
In this area worksheet, students find the area of a triangle given the height and the base. They also find the height or base given the area of the triangle. 

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