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  • RectTri Area vs. Perimeter Drafts
  • Introductory Possibilities
  • "Act 2" providing tools for exploration
  • Views of "the solution"

RectTri Area vs. Perimeter Drafts

Author:
Scott Farrar
Topic:
Area, Perimeter
Drafts of an activity that allows students to explore the relationship between Areas and Perimeters in polygons. Focus is on triangles and rectangles. Possible extensions to other polygons and to the parabolas of Area as a function of a polygon's perimeter.
RectTri Area vs. Perimeter Drafts

Table of Contents

  • Introductory Possibilities

    • The Rects of Integer Equilateral Triangles
    • The Rects of a Triangle's Perimeter (positive reals)
    • Rect-Tri-Areas
    • Overflowing Rectangles
  • "Act 2" providing tools for exploration

    • Area v. Perim for Quads and Tris
    • 2 Rects 2 Furious
  • Views of "the solution"

    • Answer to Equal Perim and Area Triangle,Rectangle
    • Answer 2 to Equal Area, Perim of Rectangle, Triangle
    • Perimeter v. Area
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