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St Mary's Primary School, Kircubbin

P6 Area of a triangle

25th Mar 2025

P6 investigated how to find the area of a triangle by calculating the area of a rectangle first… then cutting it diagonally in half. This made two right-angled triangles. The area of the triangle was half the area of the rectangle! 

They then found a quicker way..half the base multiplied by the height๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ”ป๐Ÿ”บ๐Ÿ“