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6th Grade Area Of Triangles & Polygons Worksheets

6th Grade Area of Triangles & Polygons: find the area of triangles, parallelograms and composite shapes. Every worksheet is free, prints as a PDF with an answer key, and can be assigned online. The ones teachers open most are first.

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6th Grade Area Of Triangles & Polygons Worksheets - Area of Triangles (base and height) worksheet

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Area of Triangles (base and height)

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Student objectives

Use the triangle area formula (base × height ÷ 2) to find area.
Identify which measurements are the base and the matching height in a triangle diagram.
Multiply the base and height and then divide by 2 accurately.
Write the final area using square units.

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6th Grade Area Of Triangles & Polygons Worksheets - Finding the Area of Right Triangles with a Grid worksheet

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Finding the Area of Right Triangles with a Grid

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Student objectives

Use the grid to count square units and find the base and height of a right triangle.
Use the area formula for a right triangle (area = 1/2 × base × height).
Make sure the base and height you choose are perpendicular sides of the right triangle.

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6th Grade Area Of Triangles & Polygons Worksheets - Finding Missing Side Length of Rectangle with Decimals worksheet

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Finding Missing Side Length of Rectangle with Decimals

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Student objectives

Use the area of a rectangle to figure out a missing side length.
Multiply and divide with decimals to solve for an unknown side.
Keep track of units (like square units vs. units) so the answer makes sense.
Read a rectangle diagram and match each number to the correct side.

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6th Grade Area Of Triangles & Polygons Worksheets - Finding Missing Side Length of Right Triangle (Area) worksheet

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Finding Missing Side Length of Right Triangle (Area)

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Student objectives

Use the area formula for a right triangle to find a missing side length.
Solve for the unknown base or height when the area and the other leg are given.

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6th Grade Area Of Triangles & Polygons Worksheets - Finding the Area of a Parallelogram worksheet

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Finding the Area of a Parallelogram

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Student objectives

Multiply a base by a height to find an area.
Use the height rather than the slant side.
Write an area in square units.

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6th Grade Area Of Triangles & Polygons Worksheets - Finding the Area of an L-Shaped Figure worksheet

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Finding the Area of an L-Shaped Figure

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Student objectives

Cut an L-shaped figure into two rectangles.
Work out a length that is not labelled.
Add the areas of the pieces.

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6th Grade Area Of Triangles & Polygons Worksheets - Finding the Area of a Trapezoid by Decomposing worksheet

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Finding the Area of a Trapezoid by Decomposing

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Student objectives

Cut a trapezoid into a rectangle and two triangles.
Find the area of each piece and add them.
See where the trapezoid formula comes from.

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6th Grade Area Of Triangles & Polygons Worksheets - Rearranging a Parallelogram into a Rectangle worksheet

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Rearranging a Parallelogram into a Rectangle

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Student objectives

See that cutting along the height and sliding makes a rectangle.
Give the rectangle its base and height.
Explain why the slant side is not in the formula.

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6th Grade Area Of Triangles & Polygons Worksheets - Finding a Missing Measure of a Parallelogram worksheet

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Finding a Missing Measure of a Parallelogram

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Student objectives

Divide an area by a base to find a height.
Divide an area by a height to find a base.
Ignore a measurement that is not needed.

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6th Grade Area Of Triangles & Polygons Worksheets - Finding Areas in a Composite Figure worksheet

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Finding Areas in a Composite Figure

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Student objectives

Break a figure into rectangles and triangles
Pick the measurements that belong to one piece of a figure
Find the area of a triangle inside a larger figure
Add the parts to find a total area

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6th Grade Area Of Triangles & Polygons Worksheets - Finding the Area of a Triangle Word Problems worksheet

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Finding the Area of a Triangle Word Problems

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Student objectives

Use the formula for the area of a triangle
Remember to halve the product of base and height
Tell area from perimeter
Work with measurements given to one decimal place

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6th Grade Area Of Triangles & Polygons Worksheets - Finding the Area of Trapezoids (Word Problems) worksheet

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Finding the Area of Trapezoids (Word Problems)

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Student objectives

Use the trapezoid area formula: half the sum of the parallel sides times the height.
Identify the bases and height of a trapezoid from a description.
Solve real-world area problems with whole-number answers.

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More 6th grade topics

Ratios & Unit Rates 21 Negative Numbers & Absolute Value 20 Percents 11 Mean, Median, Mode & Range 16 Exponents & Order of Operations 11 Long Division & Decimal Operations 9 Dividing Fractions 6 Inequalities 6 Histograms & Box Plots 6 GCF & LCM 6 One-Step Equations 18 Writing & Simplifying Expressions 13 Volume & Surface Area 9 Coordinate Plane 9

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