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Grade 6
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Area, volume and surface area
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The area of a triangle
The area of a triangle
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Half a rectangle
A triangle fills half its rectangle
surrounding rectangle
height
base
A = ½ × b × h
the half comes from the picture
base 8, height 6
½ × 8 × 6 = 24 cm²
height must be PERPENDICULAR
The two red corners fold in to fill the blue exactly.
Half of base × height —
every time
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Draw the rectangle that fits round a triangle.
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