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Hit the Deck: Area and Perimeter Review
Designing a deck sure demands a lot of math. Future engineers and architects learn about the areas and perimeters of squares, rectangles, triangles, and composite figures. They apply their new knowledge to design a deck with a specified...
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Square and Square Roots
Root for your pupils to learn about roots. Young mathematicians first review the meaning of squares and square roots. They then use this knowledge to simplify square roots of monomials with variables.
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Learning About Surface Area and Volume
Plan a dinner party. Using a book by Marilyn Burns as a context, pupils learn about the relationships between area and perimeter and surface area and volume. The hands-on activities have learners rearrange tables and cut up meatballs to...
Willow Tree
Surface Area of Three-Dimensional Figures
Lateral area and surface area are simple concepts, but calculating them is not as easy! Using formulas, learners calculate lateral area and surface area for the same three-dimensional figures. The resource discusses the formula variables...
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Perimeter and Area of Polygonal Regions in the Cartesian Plane
How many sides does that polygon have? Building directly from instructional activity number eight in this series, learners now find the area and perimeter of any polygon on the coordinate plane. They decompose the polygons into triangles...
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How To Find the Area of a Square And Rectangle
Students practice using the formula to calculate the area of a square or triangle. They participate in large group guided practice using simple area of squares problems then complete a series of problems calculating the area of rectangles.
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Find the Area
In this find the area worksheet, 10th graders solve and complete 18 different types of problems. First, they find the area of a figure with consecutive sides. Then, students find the area and perimeter of a square shown. They also find...
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Area of a Square
In this geometry learning exercise, 6th graders find the area of four squares with given measurements. Students use metric units to calculate the area of each given square.
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More Problems on Area and Circumference
Perimeter check! Pairs work on finding the areas of semicircles and quarter circles using a relationship with squares. The problems challenge pupils to find areas of composite figures made from rectangles, semicircles, and quarter circles.
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Introduction to Area
In this area worksheet, students find the area of four rectangles when given the drawings with grid markings inside each. They use the area formula to find the area of five rectangles. This worksheet is intended to be used as a part of a...
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Area of Complex Figures
Fifth graders use formulas for calculating areas of squares and rectangles to find area of complex figure, compare their own ideas with their classmates' ideas, and recognize that there are multiple methods for finding area of complex...
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Area, Arithmetic and Algebra
Explore the concept of this perfect square trinomial and difference of squares lesson. A hands-on activity that uses paper rectangles and squares to illustrate the perfect-square trinomial and difference of squares formulas.
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Learning by Logic - Total Surface Area
Geometers calculate the area of plane surfaces using the formulas for the area of a square, rectangle, and triangle. They develop the formula for calculating the total surface area of two geometric solids: the cube and rectangular prism.
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Explore Perimeter and Area - Reteach 18.1
In this perimeter and area worksheet, students review the steps to find perimeter and area. Students then use grid paper to draw the figures described in 6 questions. Students note the perimeter and area of shapes as well.
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Area of the Rectangle Word Problems
Don't let the title fool you; these are visual area problems. Scholars examine five rectangles segmented into rows and columns, matching them to their corresponding area on the right. There are no units involved here as this is for...
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Area, Arithmetic and Algebra
Learners model formulas for rectangles and squares. In this area, arithmetic and algebra lesson, students explore the formula for the area of squares and rectangles. They use squares to model the formula for the area and identify...
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Area of Triangle
In this area worksheet, learners read and problem solve the area of 8 triangles. Students show their work on each problem on the worksheet.
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Area of Polygons #2
In this area of polygons worksheet, students find the area of rectangles. They find the width when given the area. Students graph rectangles and solve word problems involving rectangles. This three-page worksheet...
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Coordinate Plane Worksheets - Area of Rectangle
For this online math worksheet, students calculate the area of a variety of rectangles given the measure of their vertices. This excellent resource allows the students to check their answers, and to get "hints" should they run into...
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Area
Third graders find areas of rectangles by using square units, apply knowledge to real-life situations, and simplify method of counting square units by multiplying the length times the width.
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The Area of Rectangles
There are 10 word problems here, all in the same format. Learners are presented with the geometric scenario of a rectangle divided into rows and columns. They must determine, based on the number of each, how many squares are inside the...
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Recognize Area Word Problems - Independent Practice Worksheet
If a rectangle has three columns and four rows, how many squares does it have inside? Learners draw 10 rectangles based on specified rows and columns, counting the number of resulting squares. Keep in mind you may want to explain that...
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Recognizing Area Word Problems
There is only one area calculation problem here, and it is followed by a detailed explanation. Consider projecting this as a teaching tool, covering the answer until learners have shared their own. They are instructed to draw a rectangle...
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Measuring Rectangle Areas
In this math worksheet, students learn the formula for measuring the area of a rectangle by reading the information and looking at the diagram. Students find rectangular objects and measure the areas.