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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help: Perimeter and Area of Triangles and Trapezoids

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Get independent practice working with finding the perimeter and area of triangles and trapezoids. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Area and Perimeter on the Coordinate Plane

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find the area or perimeter of shapes like triangles, rectangles, parallelograms, and hexagons on the coordinate plane. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.g Same Base and Height, Variation 2

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
This is the second version of a task asking students to find the areas of triangles that have the same base and height. This presentation is more abstract as students are not using physical models. They still determine the area of each...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Area and Perimeter of Rectangles

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson, students find the perimeter and area of squares and rectangles by using formulas. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Polygon Area

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will compare areas of different polygons with a fixed perimeter and find the shape that gives the maximum area
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That Quiz

That Quiz: Practice Test: Triangles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Test your knowledge on the attributes of triangles. There are eleven levels that may be completed with or without a timer.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Seventh Grade Math: Area and Perimeter

For Students 6th - 8th
Learn how to enlarge drawings, figure out how much tile to buy to cover a specific floor, and learn about area and perimeter. These and other lesson plans are provided, including a fun interdisciplinary plan featuring dragons.
Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Windshield Wipers

For Students 3rd - 8th
Test your mathematical aptitude with challenge exploring the concepts of measurement and geometry. Find the area of the windshield wipers to figure out who sees better in the rain, car drivers or truck drivers. An activity from the NCTM...
Unit Plan
Cut the Knot

Cut the Knot!: Polygons: Formality and Intuition

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a very interesting site about polygons. The site begins by distinguishing between shapes whose sides intersect and polygons whose sides do not overlap. After this short introduction, you will find information regarding area and...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Thinking Outside the "Box"

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The young scholars will find the area of each two dimensional figure on a net of a rectangular prism. In groups, students will cut out the net and create a rectangular prism. Groups will then discuss how to find the lateral area and the...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ee Rectangle Perimeter 1

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
This tasks gives a verbal description for computing the perimeter of a rectangle and asks the students to find an expression for this perimeter. They then have to use the expression to evaluate the perimeter for specific values of the...
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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Perimeter Explorer

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Use this applet to find the perimeter of a variety of shapes with the same or different areas.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Find Perimeter When Given Side Lengths

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Find perimeter of figures when given an image or context. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints. CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.D.8 Solve real world and...
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Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Square Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this square calculator to find the side length, diagonal length, perimeter, or area of a geometric square. Given any 1 variable you can calculate the other 3 unknowns.