Curated OER
Travel Problems
This worksheet is actually an entire chapter focused on math problems involving, shortest path, minimum connector, traveling salesman, and Chinese postman problems. There are multiple activities, exercises, and examples to get students...
Curated OER
Tessellation Lesson Plans
Students in second through eighth grades can fill their imaginations with repeating shapes!
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Interactive Geometry: 17.5 Sine to Find the Area of a Triangle
Learn how to sine to find the area of a triangle.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Finding the Area of a Triangle
Sixth graders find the area of a triangle using square units and the area formula.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Finding the Area of a Trapezoid
Sixth graders find the area of a trapezoid by decomposing it into triangles and using the formula
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Igd: Area of a Triangle
Use this interactive tool to learn how to find the area of a triangle. Click on "Instructions" for details on how to use this tool. Click on "Explore" for more ideas. [Requires Java.]
SMART Technologies
Smart: Area of a Triangle
This SMART whiteboard activity will help students learn the formula for finding the area of a triangle. Students will practice what they have learned by using examples created for visual and kinesthetic learners.
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...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 1 Area of Triangles
Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of finding the area of a triangle. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the "Check...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Find Missing Length When Given Area of a Triangle
Find the base or height of a triangle when given the other and the area. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Find the Area of the Shape!
Try to figure out the area of this challenging shape. In order to view the images, you will need to use JavaSketchpad.
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.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Finding the Area Review and Assessment
Sixth graders find the area of rectangles, triangles, parallelograms, and trapezoids by using formulas or by composing into rectangles or triangles.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Area of Triangles
Sixth graders apply what they know about area of other polygons to develop a formula for finding the area of a triangle.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Trigonometry: Introduction to the Triangle Area Formula
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson covers how to find the area of a triangle using sine.
Windstream
Ojk's Precalculus Study Page: Area of a Triangle
An introduction to finding the area of a triangle using the sine function. Includes several pictures and examples.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Area of Triangles
To find the area of a triangle, try to make a parallelogram using a copy of the triangle.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Triangle Explorer
This applet gives you practice finding the area of a triangle. Great place for students to "discover" how you find the area of a triangle. Directions are just a click away. [Requires Java.]
BBC
Bbc: Area in General
You can pick up some valuable pointers on how to find the area of a triangle, rectangle, and other quadrilaterals. When you finish working your way through the pages you can take an on-line "Test Bite," and check your understanding.
Math Open Reference
Math Open Reference: Volume of a Triangular Prism
Use this interactive tool to find the volume of a triangular prism. Try different figures for the height and the dimensions of the triangular face to see how these affect the volume. An accompanying chart also presents five methods for...
Maths Challenge
Maths challenge.net: Circumscribed Triangle
Find the area of this circumscribed triangle with your geometry skills.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Pearson Prentice Hall: Areas of Parallelograms and Triangles
Students will find the area of a parallelogram and the area of a triangle.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: G Gpe, G Co, G Srt Unit Squares and Triangles
In this task, young scholars are shown three unit squares and two line segments connecting two pairs of vertices. They are asked to find the area of a triangle formed by intersecting lines. They can solve it using coordinate geometry or...
Maths Challenge
Maths challenge.net: Triangle Area
Find the area of this triangle in a coordinate plane.