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M-GEO-031Foundation & HigherReview: Pending

Calculate area of triangles, parallelograms and trapezia

Geometry and measures · Area (T-GEO-016)

v1 mapping, pending teacher review. Only AQA and Edexcel are mapped so far. The first 3 pilot worksheets and their worked answers are available; remaining worksheets are coming soon. All videos are still coming soon.

Retrieval
Perpendicular height and formula substitution
Fluency
Find areas and missing dimensions
Reasoning
Explain a decomposition and identify the perpendicular height.
Application
Calculate material required for a shaped panel
Common misconception
A sloping side is not automatically the perpendicular height.

Video brief

Model how to calculate area of triangles, parallelograms and trapezia. Explain each step; pause for a matching shadow question.

Planned video: V-GEO-031 · Video coming soon

Worksheets

Worksheets coming soon

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