Y6

Maths

Area of any Triangle Prior Learning

Worksheet
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Get children ready for new learning with this Year 6 Area of any Triangle Number Prior Learning worksheet.

With a mixture of six questions, covering varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving, this worksheet provides children with the opportunity to recap and consolidate what they have previously learned about area of triangles and using simple formulae, so they are ready to move onto finding the area of any triangle.

Ideal for use in class or at home, this resource comes complete with answers to provide immediate feedback and supports self or peer assessment.


Curriculum Objectives

  • Express missing number problems algebraically
  • Use simple formulae
  • Find pairs of numbers that satisfy an equation with two unknowns
  • Enumerate possibilities of combinations of two variables
  • Calculate the area of parallelograms and triangles
  • Recognise when it is possible to use formulae for the area of shapes