Year 10
Core

Area of rectangles, parallelograms and triangles

Year 10
Core

Area of rectangles, parallelograms and triangles

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will practise using the formulae to calculate the area of rectangles, parallelograms and triangles. We will model how to determine which measures within a diagram are appropriate to use for the formulae.

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3 Questions

Q1.
Work out the area of the rectangle.
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Correct answer: 12 cm²
15 cm²
20 cm²
60 cm²
Q2.
Work out the area of the triangle.
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Correct answer: 21 cm²
28 cm²
42 cm²
56 cm²
Q3.
Which of the following shapes does not have an area of 24 cm² ?
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A
Correct answer: B
C