Area of right-angled triangles ✩

Find the area of this right-angled triangle.

Because the area of this triangle is

4 cm
half the area of the rectangle shown,
we can find the area of the rectangle and
then divide it by two to find the area
of the triangle.
So the area = (8 cm x 4 cm) ÷ 2 8 cm
= 32 cm2 ÷ 2 = 16 cm2
Area =16 cm2

Find the area of these right-angled triangles.

3 cm
5 cm
10 cm 9 cm
12 cm 2 cm

cm2 cm2 cm2

4 cm

5 cm

6 cm
14 cm
6 cm
8 cm

cm2 cm2 cm2

3 cm
12 cm 4 cm
6 cm 7 cm
20 cm

cm2 cm2 cm2

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The operation of multiplying the sides together and dividing by6 two should offer
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no serious difficulty to children, but make sure they are really clear about why
they are doing this.

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