VCMMG258
Establish the formulas for areas of rectangles, triangles and parallelograms and use these in problem solving
Elaborations
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building on the understanding of the area of rectangles to develop formulas for the area of triangles
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establishing that the area of a triangle is half the area of an appropriate rectangle
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using area formulas for rectangles and triangles to solve problems involving areas of surfaces
VCMMG258 | Mathematics | Level 7 | Measurement and Geometry | Using units of measurement