Measuring the World · Measurement and Geometry

Area of Quadrilaterals and Triangles

Developing and applying formulas for the area of rectangles, triangles, and parallelograms.

Key Questions

  1. 1How can any triangle be viewed as exactly half of a related parallelogram?
  2. 2Why do we use square units to measure area but linear units to measure perimeter?
  3. 3If two shapes have the same area, must they also have the same perimeter?

ACARA Content Descriptions

AC9M7M01
Year: Year 7
Subject: Mathematics
Unit: Measuring the World
Period: Measurement and Geometry

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