SOLUTION: What are one to three activities that helped you understand the concept of area? Might the same activities help children understand the concept? Explain.

Question 861854: What are one to three activities that helped you understand the concept of area? Might the same activities help children understand the concept? Explain.

Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

 

Hi,



If it were me, I would begin with a picture of a rectangle

and use the concept of 'sweeping' from one side to the other with a broom w wide

How much "Area" have You swept...units^2

Triangle then becomes 1/2 the area of a Rectangle with a similar base and height.

 

 

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