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Willow Tree

Area of Common Geometric Figures

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
Scholars can use area formulas, but can they apply what they know about area? The lesson challenges learners to think logically while practicing finding area of shapes such as rectangles, circles, parallelograms, triangles, and other...
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Mathed Up!

Area of Compound Shapes

For Students 7th - 10th Standards
Scholars learn how to determine the area of compound shapes by finding the areas of the basic shapes that make it up. Pupils find the areas by adding areas together or subtracting them.
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Curated OER

Finding the Area of Shapes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this area of shapes unit, upper graders participate in hands-on problem solving activities to find the formulas for the area of a parallelogram, a triangle, and a trapezoid. They manipulate the geoboard to explore relationships among...
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Curated OER

Areas of Geometric Shapes with the Same Perimeter

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
A triangle, square, hexagon, and circle all have a perimeter of one unit. Eighth graders must attempt to find the area of each and arrange them in order from least to greatest areas. A terrific task for applying four different...
PPT
Curated OER

Calculate the Area of Rectangles

For Teachers 4th - 6th
A wonderful resource just waiting to be used. Provide learners with a complete explanation on how to calculate the area of a rectangle. After this process is covered, they will see how they can use rectangles to calculate the area of...
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Shodor Education Foundation

Triangle Area

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
While the instructional activity focuses on right triangles, this activity offers a great way to practice the area of all triangles through an interactive webpage. The activity begins with the class taking a square paper and cutting in...
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Scholastic

Study Jams! Area of a Parallelogram

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Get introduced to the idea of square units and how to calculate the area of a parallelogram. The resource provides a visual lesson to measuring different types of this shape and how it relates to square units. 
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Government of Hong Kong

Areas and Volumes - 2D Shapes

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Unfortunately for young mathematicians, the world isn't made entirely of parallelograms, triangles, and trapezoids. After first learning the area formulas for these common shapes, students apply this new knowledge to...
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Curated OER

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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Doing Maths

Area of Various Shapes

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Find the area of triangles, rectangles, and parallelograms using this metric worksheet.
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Common Core Sheets

Determining Rectilinear Area

For Students 3rd Standards
Third graders find the area of rectilinear shapes by partitioning them into two non-overlapping rectangles and adding the areas of the non-overlapping parts together. It allows learners to recognize area as an additive.
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Curated OER

Area of Tangram Pieces

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Mathematicians calculate the area of a tangram piece without using formulas. They use a geometry journal to record activities during this lesson. They make a set of tangrams and use them to compute area. They use...
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Scholastic

Study Jams! Area of Irregular Figures

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Painting an irregular figure can be tricky if we don't know the exact area. This interactive presentation reveals that irregular figures can be broken into smaller, simple figures that use the area formulas. Go through two examples,...
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EngageNY

Real-World Area Problems

For Students 7th Standards
Not all structures take the shape of a polygon. The 21st lesson in a series of 29 shows young mathematicians they can create polygons out of composite shapes. Once they deconstruct the structures, they find the area of the composite figure.
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Curated OER

Leveled Problem Solving: Area of a Parallelogram

For Students 6th - 8th
Use this area of parallelogram worksheet to have learners solve the word problems by finding the area for the parallelograms in the six word problems.
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Curated OER

Area of Parallelograms - Lesson 2

For Students 5th - 7th
Use this area of parallelograms practice learning exercise to have learner ssharpen their problem solving skills as they solve six story problems.
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Curated OER

Area of Triangle - Problem Solving 16.4

For Students 5th - 6th
In this area of triangles worksheet, students find the area of each triangle in the word problems. Students complete five problems.
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Curated OER

Area of Triangles - Word Problems

For Students 5th - 7th
Here is an area of triangles practice activity in which learners sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve six story problems.
Interactive
Curated OER

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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Illustrative Mathematics

Finding Areas of Polygons, Variation 1

For Teachers 5th - 9th Standards
An exercise in finding the area of polygons by decomposing into triangles and composing into rectangles is the focus of this resource. Make several copies of the worksheet for each participant. Ask learners to use colored pencils to...
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Curated OER

Area and Perimeter Activities

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Read this article before you begin teaching geometry! It gives teachers some insight into the world of teaching geometry to young learners, and four area and perimeter lessons are attached. 
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National Security Agency

Awesome Area - Geometry and Measurement

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
Break out those math manipulatives, it's time to teach about area! Capturing the engagement of young mathematicians, this three-instructional activity series supports children with learning how to measure the area of squares,...
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Arizona Department of Education

Area and Perimeter of Regular and Irregular Polygons

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Extend young mathematicians' understanding of area with a geometry lesson on trapezoids. Building on their prior knowledge of rectangles and triangles, students learn how to calculate the area of trapezoids and other...
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EngageNY

Unknown Length and Area Problems

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
What is an annulus? Pupils first learn about how to create an annulus, then consider how to find the area of such shapes. They then complete a problem set on arc length and areas of sectors.