Diving into Mastery Guidance for Educators

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‘Deeper’ section and in fact, others may ‘dive
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show their depth of understanding.
Deepest
 Aim
• Calculate the area of parallelograms and triangles.
Area of a Parallelogram Diving

Use the formula base × height to calculate the area of a parallelogram.

Find the area of What is the missing measurement in

this parallelogram. this parallelogram?

Area = 120cm2

14cm
8 cm
12cm

15cm
10cm
12cm × 14cm = 168cm2
120cm2 ÷ 15cm = 8cm
Area = 168cm2
Area of a Parallelogram Deeper

Use the formula base × height to calculate the area of a parallelogram.

Jack has calculated that both of these parallelograms have an area of 144cm².

Do you agree with Jack? 8cm

Explain why.

18cm 7cm

11cm 9cm

16cm However, to calculate the area of

Jack has correctly calculated the
area of this parallelogram.
16cm × 9cm = 144cm2
144cm2 on this parallelogram, Jack has
incorrectly multiplied the base by the 8cm
side length. He should have used the
perpendicular height of 7cm. The correct
calculation is: 18cm × 7cm = 126cm2
Area of a Parallelogram Deepest

Use the formula base × height to calculate the area of a parallelogram.

I am thinking of a parallelogram with side lengths that are whole numbers.

Give the dimensions of all the possible parallelograms I could be thinking of.

It has an area of 96cm2.

Its base measures between 10cm and 50cm.
Its height measures between 3cm and 10cm. If the parallelogram has an area
of 96cm2, then it could have the
following dimensions:
base = b and height = h
between 3cm
b = 3cm and h = 32cm
and 10cm
b = 4cm and h = 24cm
b = 6cm and h = 16cm
between 10cm and 50cm b = 8cm and h = 12cm
Area of a Parallelogram

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National Curriculum Aim
Calculate the area of parallelograms and triangles.

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