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Area Review
Area review of 2d shapes May 4-8th
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| decompose | take apart |
| area | the number of square units that cover surface |
| rectangle | a quadrilateral with two sets of parallel sides and four right angles |
| right angle | measures 90 degrees, forms a corner |
| square | a quadrilateral with 4 equal sides and four right angles |
| quadrilateral | any four sided shape |
| trapezoid | a quadrilateral with 1 set of parallel sides, can be decomposed into a rectangle and a triangle or a rectangle and 2 triangles |
| parallel | lines that are the same distance apart and will never cross |
| area of a rectangle | A= lw or A= bh |
| area of a paralleogram | A= bh |
| parallelogram | a quadrilateral with both pairs of opposite sides parallel |
| area of a triangle | A= bh /2 |
| area of a trapezoid | A= (b₁+ b₂)h /2 |
| units need to be labeled with ... | squared or ² |
| Secret Code | It's all about the base. |