Making Parallelograms from Triangles Katie Atchley Rita Byrom Melissa Feldmann
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Making Parallelograms from Triangles
Katie AtchleyRita Byrom
Melissa Feldmann
Investigation 6.3AL COS:
4.c. Classifying triangles as right, obtuse, or acute;
5 Plot coordinates on grids, graphs, and maps.;
7 Developing formulas to determine perimeter and area of parallelograms and rectangles
Problem of the Day
Estimate the area of the triangle with the following points:
(-4, 1), (-1, -4), (-1, 3)
Keeping two points of the original triangle the same and plotting a third point, how many parallelograms can you form?
Find the area of each parallelogram.
• We have discovered that triangles and other polygons are useful for building because they are stable figures.
• In order to maintain their stability, architects use various formulas in their designs.
Explore• Cut a triangle from your folded index card. This
should create two identical triangles.
• Trace the triangle on grid paper.
• Record: Base, height, area, perimeter.
• Experiment with putting the two triangles together to make new polygons.
• Describe and sketch the polygons that are possible.
Explore
• Can you make a parallelogram by putting together the two identical triangles?
• Record the parallelogram:
• Base, height, area, perimeter
• How does it compare to the measures of the original triangle?
Summary
• Were you always able to make a parallelogram from 2 identical triangles?
• So what do the triangle and the parallelogram have in common?
• From the activity we just did and what you already know about finding areas of parallelograms and rectangles, how can we find the area of a triangle without counting and estimating?
ReflectionIn your journal:
•In the problem of the day, explain why the areas of the parallelograms you made are the same.
•Summarize what you have discovered about finding the area of a triangle as it relates to a parallelogram.
Homework
6.3 ACE PROBLEMS
Page 60 #1 and #2
page 62 #11
page 64 #18
page 66 #22