Area of Triangles


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Videos, solutions, and worksheets to help Grade 5 students learn how to find the area of triangles.

The following figures show how to find the area of triangles given the base and the perpendicular height. Scroll down the page for more examples and solutions.
Area of Triangles
 

What is area? How to find the area of rectangles and triangles?

Find the Height of a Triangle Given Area (Even Base)
How to determine the height of a triangle given the length of the base and the area?

Find the Height of a Triangle Given Area (Odd Base)

Find the Height of a Triangle Given Area (Odd Base and Decimal Area)

How to determine the area of a triangle using the area formula for a triangle? Example:
Find the area of the triangle given b = 7m and h = 8m.

How to find the area of a triangle?
The area of a triangle can be determined by multiplying half of the base by the height, as a triangle is essentially half of a quadrilateral shape.




Learn how to find the area of any triangle

Area Of A Non-Right Angle Triangle

Areas of rectangles, triangles and parallelograms
This video covers the process for finding the areas of rectangles, triangles and parallelograms.

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