Area of triangles

Sample Area of triangles questions

A few of the 15 questions, from easier to harder. Choose your exam board and tier to practise them, with every answer marked.

1. Question 12 marksGrade 3-4
   A triangle has a base of $8$ cm and a perpendicular height of $4$ cm. Calculate the area of the triangle.
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   Area of triangle $= \frac{1}{2} \times \text{base} \times \text{height}$

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• Forgets to halve base times height in the triangle area formula

  Calculated $4 \times 10 = 40$ without halving. The triangle area formula is $\frac{1}{2} \times \text{base} \times \text{height}$

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How many Area of triangles practice questions are there?

There are 15 self-marking GCSE and IGCSE Maths questions on Area of triangles, written for AQA, Pearson, OCR, Pearson International GCSE Maths A (4MA1), Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics (0580), Cambridge IGCSE (9-1) Mathematics (0980) across Foundation and Higher and Extended tier. Each one is marked instantly and has a full worked solution.

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