Tuesday, February 26, 2008

8.2 Areas of Triangles, Trapezoids, and Kites

Three more shapes come to join our area finding party.

As I worked through these problems it became apparent to me that students need to understand how to set up problems and solve for a variety of quantities. I like these problems because they require students to pull out their old algebra hats, dust them off, and get a little dirty working out these problems. It was a fun time for me, not sure if the students appreciated this as much as I did.

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