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lesson 4
1 hour

The Area of All Triangles Using Height and Base


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Students construct the altitude for three different cases: an altitude that is a side of a right angle, an altitude that lies over the base, and an altitude that is outside the triangle.

Students deconstruct triangles to justify that the area of a triangle is exactly one half the area of a parallelogram.

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From EngageNY.org of the New York State Education Department. Grade 6 Mathematics Module 5, Topic A, Lesson 4. Available from engageny.org/resource/grade-6-mathematics-module-5-topic-lesson-4; accessed 2015-05-29.
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