Slide 2:
Now you will do a little written exercise.
Draw a polygon like this on a piece of paper. Label the portion that is the area. Label the portion that is the perimeter.
Slide 3:
This surface is the AREA. What did you label as the AREA? AREA
Slide 4:
Area is the surface enclosed
inside the polygon. AREA
Slide 5:
The polygon on your paper should have the inside surface labeled as the AREA area
Slide 6:
What did you label as the PERIMETER? This boundary is the PERIMETER. Perimeter
Slide 7:
Perimeter is the outside boundary of the polygon. PERI- around -METER measure Perimeter
Slide 8:
For the rest of this class,
we will be working with AREA. How would you determine the area of this rectangle?
Slide 9:
Measure the length 7 units long
Slide 10:
Measure the height 3 units high
Slide 11:
means 7 units times 3 units or 21 square units 1 3 2