HOW TO FIND THE AREA

AND THE PERIMETER OF

TRIANGLES
By Zachary

INTRO
This is a presentation all
about working out the
area and perimeter of
triangles.

triangle

EQUILATERAL TRIANGLE
For the standard triangle to

3cm

3cm
3cm

work out the perimeter of

the standard triangle, you

only need to know the length

of 1 side and then times the

3cm

length by 3.

3x3=9cm

NOT to
scale.

Isosceles Triangle
An isosceles triangle is a triangle
that has 2 sides that are the

5cm

side A

5cm

side B

same, and 1 side is different.To

work out the perimeter you need

to find 2 sides, one that has a
double (e.g. side A) and the

other that is only appears once

6cm

side C

in the triangle (side C) times side

A by 2 then add side C to it.

Then add all the sides together

5x2+6=16cm

SCALENE TRIANGLE

A scalene triangle is a

triangle that has all the

sides different, to work

out the perimeter, you

4cm

2cm

need to find out all the

sides and add them
together.

6cm

2+4+6+
12cm

NOT to scale.

Isoceles Right Angled Triangle

A right angled triangle is a
triangle that has a 90

B 6cm

A 8cm

bend . If you want to

calculate the perimeter

find out all the sides of the

triangle then add them all

C 6cm

together.

A+B+C=20cm

NOT to scale.

Area of a
Triangle

NOTE:
A triangle is always
a half of a

rectangle/square.

For area, you need to times

e.g. 4x4=8 82=4cm

of the triangle then divide

(this method can be used for all

the length and the height

by 2.

thats the area!!!

triangles)