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Class Trip Budget: Area Decisions

Find areas of triangles, quadrilaterals, and composite polygons, then use them to make class trip budget decisions.

Grade 6MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to6.G.A.1

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1 Common Core standard
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14 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 6
Subject: Math
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Short answer

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What students practice

Students find triangle and special quadrilateral areas by splitting or rearranging figures.
Students calculate polygon areas by adding or subtracting rectangle and triangle areas.
Students use area calculations to determine costs and compare trip expenses with budgets.

How to use

Have students mark bases, perpendicular heights, and useful dividing lines before calculating. Use the final section to connect area calculations to a trip budget.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

6.G.A.1

Find the area of triangles, special quadrilaterals, and polygons by splitting them into triangles or rearranging into rectangles.

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Class Trip Budget: Area Decisions

Use area strategies to plan bus, meal, and museum expenses.

Trip Materials

The class is planning a museum trip, including bus travel and lunch. Find areas of the materials shown. Each grid unit represents 1 centimeter. Close each outline by drawing a segment from the last labeled vertex back to A. Use perpendicular heights.

A triangular marker will identify each bus group. Find the area of triangle ABC.