Page 38 - 01-Yr6_Front cover_ccp.indd

See Pupil's Book page 36
It isn't easy to find the area of a trapezium . Here are two ways of cutting up a trapezium into
pieces whose area we can work out. Is there a third way?
Find the area by : 1 counting squares 2 calculation

I I ~
'"
I --------- " cut up into I 'I\
I --------· \" I \"'
I '\ I \
.....
r---...
f'.....,...
'
I / v ; "I'- I ["
I'\.
I ; V" 'I\ V ? I'\
V :
) V \ I'- )
v / ~R \ I "
"

\ I
I
' I'\ \ --------·- ,
I ------------ I ---- ------'t- ~ \ ----- --- j
I ------·-- " 1" ----------·-- ' ~ \ I
I'\
·"
a/ b/ \ C I I

V \ I\.
~ J ,
V ---------. \ / V -----·--- \ I ----·-··-- I\
' '
di/ -------- el/,.. -----·---- ti ---------- \

\ \ ' I I I
J
I
'
I --------- \ I ---------- I I I --------- ~
---------
------
---------
I \ j I J
I \ I j If I
gl \ h/ V ii

V -----·---- ' r-,....
V --------- ·~
...
jv ...... I'-..
36