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Math Basics General About 7 minutes

Area of Triangles and Other Polygons: Basics

    What area is

    Area is the number of squares that cover a shape.

    Square unit: a square with sides of 1 unit. You count area in square units.

    Watch squares cover the shapes

    Row: a line of squares from left to right.

    Try it

    Build a rectangle and count the squares

    1. Click the buttons to add or remove rows and columns.
    2. Count the squares.
    3. Click "Cut in half" to make 2 triangles.

    Quick check

    Answer 5 questions. You see your score at the end.

    This tutorial uses the standard 6th-grade curriculum for this topic.