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Finding the Area of Polygons

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Third graders are exposed to finding the area of polygons by decomposing figures and recomposing them into rectangles. This strategy allows children to expand on their prior knowledge of constructing shapes by rearranging parts into...
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Beyond Benign

Hit the Deck: Area and Perimeter Review

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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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EngageNY

The Area of a Circle

For Teachers 7th Standards
Introduce learners to two methods to estimate the formula for the area of a circle. The first method uses a sector of a circle to form a rectangle, and the other uses grids to estimate the area. The problems in the 18th segment of a...
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National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network

Learning About Surface Area and Volume

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
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...
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Willow Tree

Surface Area of Three-Dimensional Figures

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
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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Virginia Department of Education

Surface Area and Volume of a Cylinder

For Teachers 7th Standards
Surface area or volume? Pupils first review the difference between surface area and volume. They then use a two-dimensional net that helps them develop formulas for the surface area and volume of cylinders.
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Virginia Department of Education

Surface Area of a Rectangular Prism

For Teachers 7th Standards
Wrap up a activity on surface area with a resource that asks scholars to use the idea of wrapping paper to investigate surface area. They draw representations of rectangular prisms on graph paper to find the areas of the respective...
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Virginia Department of Education

Area and Perimeter

For Students 8th Standards
Develop a strategy for finding the area and perimeter of irregular figures. Building on an understanding of finding area and perimeter of rectangles and triangles, learners apply the same concepts to composite figures. After...
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EngageNY

Unknown Area Problems on the Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 7th Standards
Scholars determine distances on the coordinate plane to find areas. The instructional activity begins with a proof of the formula for the area of a parallelogram using the coordinate plane. Pupils use the coordinate plane to determine...
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Area and Perimeter of Rectangles

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Discover the difference between area and perimeter. Learners are grouped in twos and threes and each group has one advanced/gifted learner to serve as the peer helper. They receive manipulatives to help them determine the area and...
Worksheet
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Calculating Areas of Rectangles

For Students 5th - 10th
In this geometry worksheet, students calculate the areas of rectangles. They use the formula for area of a rectangle.
Worksheet
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Perimeter and Area of Rectangles (C)

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this perimeter and area of rectangles practice instructional activity, learners use their problem solving skills to calculate the perimeter and area of 4 rectangles.
Worksheet
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Perimeter and Area of Rectangles (E)

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this perimeter and area of rectangles worksheet, students use their problem solving skills to calculate the perimeter and area of 4 rectangles.
Interactive
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Area of Shapes

For Students 7th - 9th
In this area of shapes worksheet, students determine the area of equilateral triangles, acute triangles, and compound figures. This one-page worksheet contains 3 multi-step problems.  Answers are provided with this interactive...
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Explorations for the Area Probability Applet

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Math whizzes use the area probability applet to manipulate the size of the circle and the rectangle to explore the probability that a point in the rectangle is also in the circle.
Worksheet
K6 Math

Area - Square and Rectangles

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
After third and fourth graders understand how to find the area of squares and rectangles, give them this sheet for practice. There are three squares and three rectangles included here, but there isn't a ton of workspace. 
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The Square Counting Shortcut

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
An excellent instructional activity that encourages learners to discover how complex figures can be broken into simpler shapes when measuring area. Working with block letters, learners are given the freedom to develop their own...
Worksheet
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Area of Rectangles

For Students 7th - 8th
In this rectangle learning exercise, students find the areas of rectangles and draw squares to a given size, Examples and explanations are provided prior to the exercises. There are eight problems provided on this two-page learning...
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Area of Rectangles

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders review the concept of finding the areas of a rectangle. This lesson uses the classroom as a real life application for the formula of area. They measure classroom in order to compute the area.
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Area of Polygons #2

For Teachers 7th - 9th
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...
Worksheet
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Area of Right Triangles

For Students 8th - 10th
For this are of right triangles worksheet, students read graphs and explore congruent triangles.  They find the area of rectangles and of right triangles.  This one-page worksheet contains explanations, instructions, and 8...
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Areas of States - Estimation

For Teachers K - 8th
Students estimate the area of states using the formulas for the areas of rectangles, squares, and triangles. In this geometric shapes lesson plan, students divide irregular shaped states into shapes. They use the formulas for areas of...
Worksheet
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FOIL method using the area model

For Students 9th - 11th
In this FOIL method activity, students multiply binomials using the FOIL method and the area model.  Students find the area of rectangles to investigate why the FOIL method works.  Worked examples are provided.
Worksheet
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Area (1)

For Students 8th - 10th
In this area worksheet, students find the area of compound polygons. This one-page worksheet contains 2 multi-step problems.

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