Ashley Howard

Area of Triangles and other Polygons

6th Grade 10/01/13

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Assessment

Exit PowerPoint

Standard and Objective

CCSS.Math.Content.6.G.A.1 Find the area of right triangles, other triangles, special quadrilaterals, and polygons by composing into rectangles or decomposing into triangles and other shapes; apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems Objective: Given a polygon and certain measurements, the student should be able to find the missing measurements and the area of the polygon.

Formulas of polygons
Triangle: (1/2)(base)(height)

Quadrilateral: (length)(width) or (base)(height)

Trapezoid (special quadrilateral): 1 1 + 2 2

Right Triangle: Has an angle equal to 90 degrees.

Acute Triangle: All angles are less than 90 degrees. This is also a scalene triangle because all the sides are different lengths.
Obtuse Triangle: There is one angle bigger than 90 degrees. This is also an isosceles triangle because two sides/angles are equal

Finding the area of a right triangle

1: Right triangle; b- base h- height 2: b=5.00; h=4.97 1 3: 5.00 4.97 = a 2 4: 12.425 5: 12.425 =area

Step 1: Identify shape and variables Step 2: Label the variables Step 3: Set up your formula Step 4: Solve your formula Step 5: Check your work, and make sure that everything is labeled correctly

Finding areas of other triangles:

1: Scalene Triangle; B- base, H- height 2. b- 5.64, h- 3.33 1 3. 2 5.65 3.33 = 4. 9.40725 5. 9.40725 =area

1. Isosceles Triangle; b-base, h-height 2. B- 5.31, h-3.16 1 3. 2 5.31 3.16 = 4. 8.3898 5. 8.3898 =area

Areas of Quadrilaterals:
(Click the speaker to the right)
What do you notice about this rectangle? -It has been broken up into 2 triangles. (click on the speaker ) 1. Rectangle; b-base, h-height 2. B=4.21, h-3.44 3. 4.21 3.44 = 4. 14.4824 5. 14.4824 =area Lets talk about a parallelogram! You can break a parallelogram up into two triangles and a rectangle. However, if you know the base and the height, the formula is the same as a rectangle. A=(b)(h)

Areas of Quadrilaterals
You can break the trapezoid up into two triangles, which will be congruent, and a rectangle. This will help you out if you dont have all the information you need.
If you had broken up the shape. Line segments created by the base of the triangles would measure .915cm.

Formula for a trapezoid: 1 1 + 2 2

Lets go through the steps together: Lets go through the steps together: 1. Trapezoid; Trapezoid; , , 1. , , 11 22 2. 5.77, 3.94,h-2.91 h-2.91 2. - -5.77, - -3.94, 11 22 3. (.5)(5.77+3.94)(2.91)=a (.5)(5.77+3.94)(2.91)=a 3. 4. 14.12805 14.12805 4. =area 2 =area 5. 14.12805 14.12805 5.

Lets Play with Area!

First, lets talk about the steps. 1. Find all the missing lengths. 2. Break up your figure into smaller, easy to work with, shapes. 3. Calculate area for each shape. 4. Add all the areas together. 5. Check work, and make sure that labels are correct. This is the figure that we will be working with. Before moving to the next slide, try to break up the figure on your own.

You Can Do It!!!

Lets Play with Area! (Cont)

You could have broken the figure up in two ways. They are shown below.

Make sure that you follow all the steps and label all the sides of the figure. This is a practice problem. So, I am not showing the work. But the total area for the figures should be: 16.5028 =area

Practice Problem:
John is building a deck for his house. John has already decided that he is going to make the deck in the shape of a rectangle. John wants the deck to reach 15 feet out from his house, and be 10 feet wide. John wants to know how much area that will give him to put his outside equipment on. Help John figure out what the area of his new deck will be. Remember to follow the steps I have given you earlier in this presentation.

Remember to pick out the important information first.

B=10 H=15

More Practice!
These

are math websites where you can practice what we have learned.
Online Compass and Straight Edge Practice Geometry

After

you have practiced, come back to the presentation and do the assessment. If you dont want to practice you can just go straight to the assessment.

Youre almost done!

Here

is a little photo montage to keep you going with inspirational quotes and cute pictures.

Assessment:
What kind of triangle is this, and what is the measure of its area? a. Right Triangle; 33.64 b. Isosceles Triangle; 33.64 c. Right Triangle; 16.82 d. Isosceles Triangle; 16.82

Assessment:
Find the area of this figure:
a. 20.00 b. 21.7679 c. 30.25 d. 25.5794

Assessment:
Angela is building a garden. She wants her garden to be in the shape of a trapezoid. She had already marked the area for her garden and is ready to start plating. Angela just needs to know how much mulch she needs to cover the area of her garden. There is a picture of her garden below. Find the area of the garden to help Angela see how much mulch she is going to need.
a. 23.2211 b. 16.07 c. 20.7839 d. 11.359

Correct!! Good Job!!

Make

sure you save your work to hand in!

Incorrect, Try Again.

Make

sure that you are writing all your work to hand in. Keep your work for this problem so you can see where you made a mistake.

Citations:
Common

Core State Standards Initiative. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Con tent/6/G http://www.emaths.co.uk/tutorials/geom etrytoolbox.swf http://www.math.com/practice/Geometr y.html