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Modern Primary Mathematics (Second Edition)

5A Module 2 Areas of Triangles and


Quadrilaterals

1
Focus Finding the Area of Triangles

A B
A B

Complete the following table according to the figure above.


Use the method of counting squares to complete this.

Shape Area (cm2)Base (cm)Height (cm)


Group Parallelogram A 12 3 4
A Triangle A 6 3 4
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Focus Finding the Area of Triangles

A B
A B

Complete the following table according to the figure above.


Use the method of counting squares to complete this.

Shape Area (cm2)Base (cm)Height (cm)


Group Parallelogram B 10 2 5
B Triangle B 5 2 5
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Focus Finding the Area of Triangles

Shape Area (cm2)Base (cm)Height (cm)


Group Parallelogram A 12 3 4
A Triangle A 6 3 4
Group Parallelogram B 10 2 5
B Triangle B 5 2 5
Look at the table
carefully. What do you
discover? Share with your
classmates.

Modern Primary Mathematics (Second Edition) 5A Unit 5 Area of Triangles 4


Focus Finding the Area of Triangles
1 Let’s see how we can find the area of a triangle.
We can combine any two identical triangles to
make a parallelogram. Look at the following
examples.
Height

Height
Base
Base

Height
Height
Base Base
Modern Primary Mathematics (Second Edition) 5A Unit 5 Area of Triangles 5
Focus Finding the Area of Triangles
1 Let’s see how we can find the area of a triangle.

In the figure above,


Base of the parallelogram = Base of the triangle
Height of the parallelogram = Height of the triangle
Area of the parallelogram = Base × Height
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Focus Finding the Area of Triangles
1 Let’s see how we can find the area of a triangle.

Area of is half Area of is half


the area of . the area of .
Therefore,
Area of each triangle = Area of the parallelogram ÷ 2
= Base × Height ÷ 2
Area of a triangle = Base × Height ÷ 2
Modern Primary Mathematics (Second Edition) 5A Unit 5 Area of Triangles 7
Focus Finding the Area of Triangles
2 What is the area of each of the following triangles
in cm2?
a

6 cm

9 cm

9×6÷2
= 54 ÷ 2
= 27
The area is 27 cm2.
Modern Primary Mathematics (Second Edition) 5A Unit 5 Area of Triangles 8
Focus Finding the Area of Triangles
2 What is the area of each of the following triangles
in cm2?
b
Find a pair of base and
12 cm height of the triangle first.
6 cm

8 cm

8 × 12 ÷ 2
= 96 ÷ 2
= 48
The area is 48 cm2.
Modern Primary Mathematics (Second Edition) 5A Unit 5 Area of Triangles 9
Focus Finding the Area of Triangles
3 What is the height of the following triangle in cm?

Area: 10 cm2
? cm

4 cm
10 × 2 ÷ 4
Area of a triangle = Base × Height ÷ 2
= 20 ÷ 4
Height of a triangle = Area × 2 ÷ Base
=5
The height is 5 cm.
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Focus Finding the Area of Triangles
4 What is the base of the following triangle in cm?

Area: 10 cm2
5 cm

? cm

10 × 2 ÷ 5 Area of a triangle = Base × Height ÷ 2


= 20 ÷ 5 Base of a triangle = Area × 2 ÷ Height
=4
The base is 4 cm.
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Focus Finding the Area of Triangles

Look at the shapes and answer the questions.


1 2
20 m
12 cm
8m
21 cm 16 m

126 cm2.
The area is _____ 80 m2.
The area is _____

Modern Primary Mathematics (Second Edition) 5A Unit 5 Area of Triangles 12


Focus Finding the Area of Triangles

Look at the shapes and answer the questions.


3 4 Area: 18 m2
Area: 20 cm 2

Height: ? cm 6m 4m

8 cm ?m

5 cm.
The height is _____ The height is 4 m, and
its corresponding base
is _____
9 m.
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Focus Finding the Area of Triangles

Are the following triangles equal in area? Equal


Why? These are triangles with equal bases and of the
same height, therefore their areas are equal.

2 cm 2 cm 2 cm

Modern Primary Mathematics (Second Edition) 5A Unit 5 Area of Triangles 14


Focus Finding the Area of Triangles

What is the area of


the yellow part of the
rectangle on the right 5 cm
in cm2?

10 cm
The sum of the areas of the yellow triangles is half the
area of the rectangle.
10 × 5 ÷ 2
= 25
The area of the yellow part is 25 cm2.
Modern Primary Mathematics (Second Edition) 5A Unit 5 Area of Triangles 15
Look at the shapes and answer the questions.
1 2
14 m

8 cm 6m

10 cm

40 cm2.
The area is _____ 42 m2.
The area is _____

Modern Primary Mathematics (Second Edition) 5A Unit 5 Area of Triangles 16


Look at the shapes and answer the questions.
3 4
8 cm
4 cm 9m Area:
3 cm 63 m2

12 cm2.
The area is _____ The height is 9 m, and
its corresponding
base14is _____ m.

Modern Primary Mathematics (Second Edition) 5A Unit 5 Area of Triangles 17


Solve the following problems and show your working.
5 What is the area of the triangle
on the right in cm2?
12 m 9m
4×9÷2
= 18
4m
The area of the triangle is 18 cm2.

Modern Primary Mathematics (Second Edition) 5A Unit 5 Area of Triangles 18


Solve the following problems and show your working.
6 Find the height of the Area: 112 m2
triangle on the right. ?m
112 × 2 ÷ 28 28 m
=8
The height of the triangle is 8 m.

Modern Primary Mathematics (Second Edition) 5A Unit 5 Area of Triangles 19


Compare the shapes and fill in the blanks.
7

Without doing calculations, arrange the four triangles


from the largest area to the smallest (write the letters
for the answers):
_____,
E _____,
H _____,G _____ F
(Largest) (Smallest
Modern Primary Mathematics (Second Edition)
) 5A Unit 5 Area of Triangles 20

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