Area of Triangles

Answer the following questions below.  Use complete sentences and examples to prove your answers.


1) How can you find the area of a triangle without counting and estimating?

2) What connection do you notice between the area of a triangle and the area of the smallest rectangle around the triangle? 

Area and Perimeter of Rectangles

Answer the following questions below. Use complete sentences and examples to prove your answers.

1) What rule can you use to find the area of the rectangle?  Give an example.

1) What rule can you use to find the perimeter of the rectangle? Give an example.

Polygon Riddles

1) Post you riddle in the comments. Make sure you include all the clues you have written. Do not put the answer to your riddle in your post.

 

2) After you post your riddle, please pick another riddle to solve. When solving a riddle please include the following:

• Name of the person who created the problem (use the @ symbol to respond)
• Your answer

 

Characteristics of Parallelograms

Look at the parallelograms above.  In the comment section, list 3 characteristics of all parallelogram.

Side Lengths of Triangles and Quadrilaterals

Answer the following questions below.  Use complete sentences and examples to prove your answers.

1) If you are given three side lengths, will you always be able to make a triangle?  Explain why or why not.
2) If you are given four side lengths, will you always be able to make a quadrilateral? Explain why or why not.