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Estimating fractional areas

An activity to help students think about and appreciate simple fractions.

Publisher: Texas Instruments UK

Editor: Barrie Galpin

Author: David J C Elgin

Topic:  Mathematics

Tags: Fractions, Percentages, Area

Fraction Diagrams

Assistance to understand fractions.

Publisher: Texas Instruments UK

Editor: Barrie Galpin

Author: David J C Elgin

Topic:  Mathematics

Tags: Fractions, Area

Circle Area Formula

Supports the conceptual understanding of where the formula A=π*r² comes from.

Author: Nevil Hopley

Topic:  Mathematics

Tags: Circle theorems, Area

Barn and pen problem

A simple version of the maximum-area problem for younger students

Publisher: Texas Instruments UK

Editor: Barrie Galpin

Topic:  Mathematics

Tags: Area, Optimization

Parallelogram Area

Investigating and developing the area of a parallelogram dynamically.

Publisher: Texas Instruments UK

Editor: Barrie Galpin

Author: Jon Skinner

Topic:  Mathematics

Tags: Area, Parallelogram

Triangle Area

Discovering the formula for the area of a triangle

Publisher: Texas Instruments UK

Editor: Barrie Galpin

Author: Jon Skinner

Topic:  Mathematics

Tags: Triangle, Area

The sheep-pen problem

Recognise a quadratic in a realistic context and solve an optimisation problem

Publisher: Texas Instruments UK

Editor: Barrie Galpin

Author: Allan Duncan

Topic:  Mathematics

Tags: Quadratic, Perimeter, Area, Algebra

Volumes of prisms

The volume of a number of different prisms are found in this unit.

Publisher: Texas Instruments UK

Editor: Barrie Galpin

Author: David J C Elgin

Topic:  Mathematics

Tags: Area, Surface area, Volume, Prisms

Areas of quadrilaterals and polygons

The areas of quadrilaterals, n sided shapes and regular polygons are found using the trig area formula.

Publisher: Texas Instruments UK

Editor: Barrie Galpin

Author: David J C Elgin

Topic:  Mathematics

Tags: Area, Trigonometry

Carpeting

Students are expected to work out the cost of carpeting a room using different carpet kinds and adding VAT to the bill.

Publisher: Texas Instruments UK

Author: David J C Elgin

Topic:  Mathematics

Tags: Area, Percentages