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EngageNY

Perimeter and Area of Polygonal Regions in the Cartesian Plane

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
How many sides does that polygon have? Building directly from lesson 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 and use Green's...
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Flipped Math

Unit 9 Review: Area of Polygons

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
It's time to show what you know! Individuals first review finding the area of polygons using the formulas from parallelograms to regular polygons. They then brush up on finding the area and circumference of circles, as well as reviewing...
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National Security Agency

Awesome Area - Geometry and Measurement

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
Break out those math manipulatives, it's time to teach about area! Capturing the engagement of young mathematicians, this three-lesson series supports children with learning how to measure the area of squares, rectangles, and other...
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Government of Hong Kong

Areas and Volumes - 2D Shapes

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Unfortunately for young mathematicians, the world isn't made entirely of parallelograms, triangles, and trapezoids. After first learning the area formulas for these common shapes, students apply this new knowledge to determine the area...
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Curated OER

Area of Polygons

For Students 10th
For this geometry worksheet, 10th graders determine the area of regular polygons.  The two page worksheet contains eight problems.  Answers provided. 
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Alberta Learning

Area and Perimeter of Irregular Shapes

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Evaluate young mathematicians' understanding of area and perimeter with this series of three assessment tasks. Challenging students to not only calculate the area and perimeter of irregular shapes, but to explain in writing their...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Area of a Trapezoid

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Here is a straightforward example of how to apply the Pythagorean Theorem to find an unknown side-length of a trapezoid. Commentary gives additional information on proving that the inside of the trapezoid is a rectangle, but is...
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Math Worksheets Land

Using Tiling to Find Area - Guided Lesson

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
By splitting a rectangle into equal parts, scholars can see area as well as calculate it. First, they determine the area of a rectangle given its side lengths. Then, they use the space provided to segment it into four equal parts,...
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Curated OER

Geometry Practice: Area of Polygons #8

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this area of polygons worksheet, students solve 7 short answer and multiple choice questions about area.  Students find the area of triangles given base and height, or points in the coordinate plane.
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EngageNY

Proving the Area of a Disk

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Using a similar process from the first lesson in the series of finding area approximations, a measurement resource develops the proof of the area of a circle. The problem set contains a derivation of the proof of the circumference formula. 
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EngageNY

The Scaling Principle for Area

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
As they investigate scaling figures and calculate the resulting areas, groups determine the area of similar figures. They continue to investigate the results when the vertical and horizontal scales are not equal. 
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Curated OER

Calculating in Construction - Area

For Students 8th - 12th
In this area worksheet, students solve 6 short answer problems. Students find the area of a figure composed of regular polygons such as triangles, rectangles, squares, etc given a sketch of the figure.
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Curated OER

Perimeter and Area of Polygons

For Students 10th
In this polygons learning exercise, 10th graders solve 10 different problems that include finding the perimeter and area of various polygons. First, they determine the length of the base of a rectangle given its height. Then, students...
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Curated OER

Chapter 8 Worksheet 2 Area of Polygons

For Students 7th - 12th
In this area of polygons worksheet, students compute the area of squares, rectangles, triangles, trapezoids and parallelograms. Given the area of polygons, students determine the missing dimension of the figure. This two-page worksheet...
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Curated OER

Countdown Challenge: Area of Basic Shapes

For Students 7th - 8th
In this basic shapes worksheet, students use formulas to determine the area of given figures. They compute the area of composite figures and subtract the area of shaded areas. This one-page worksheet contains 12 problems.
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Corbett Maths

Area under a Graph

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
What? The calculation of area is a linear distance? A short video shows how to use the areas of simple polygons to estimate the area under a graph. Pupils divide the area under a curve into figures to easier calculate the area. Given...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Surface Area and Volume of Cubes

For Students 10th
In this surface area and volume worksheet, 10th graders identify and complete 3 different problems that include determining the surface area and volume of cubes. First, they use their ruler to find the width and height of each cube....
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Curated OER

Perimeter and Area of Complex Figures

For Students 4th - 6th
For this perimeter and area worksheet, students solve 6 word problems where they must determine the perimeter or area of complex figures. Diagrams are provided and real world applications like gardens and carpeting are used in the problems.
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Math Worksheets Land

The Area of Rectangles - Guided Lesson

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Geometry novices will enjoy this approach to finding area, as they aren't required to include units or a formula. The main objective here is to segment a rectangle into columns and rows to create squares, which then are used to find the...
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EngageNY

Real-World Area Problems

For Students 7th Standards
Not all structures take the shape of a polygon. The 21st lesson in a series of 29 shows young mathematicians they can create polygons out of composite shapes. Once they deconstruct the structures, they find the area of the composite figure.
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EngageNY

What Is Area?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
What if I can no longer justify area by counting squares? Lead a class discussion to find the area of a rectangular region with irrational side lengths. The class continues on with the idea of lower approximations and upper...
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Virginia Department of Education

Arc Length and Area of a Sector

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
What do skateboarding and baked goods have in common with math? You can use them to connect half-pipe ramps and cakes to arcs and sectors. Pupils compare the lengths of three different ramp options of a skate park. They calculate the...
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Curated OER

Area of Polygons

For Teachers 10th
In this area of polygons worksheet, 10th graders solve and complete 8 various types of problems. First, they graph each line and find the area of each enclosed triangle. Then, students determine the ordered pairs of each graph illustrated.
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Curated OER

Geometry Worksheet: Area (4)

For Students 7th - 9th
In this geometry learning exercise, students calculate the shaded area of given shapes.  They determine the area around a circle, a portion of a rectangle, and composite figures.  THis one-page learning exercise contains two multi-step...