SME
Grade 6 Math
Geometry
Area of triangles, parallelograms and trapezoids
Main lesson
Area of triangles
Use this for “A triangle has base 3 and height 7. What is its area?”
Area of trapezoids
Use this for “The bases are 9 and 15, the height 8. Find the area.”
Area of composite figures
Use this for the area of a house shape: a rectangle with a triangle on top.
Which segment is a height?
Use this for “Which segment is a height for this base?”
Surface area and volume
Main lesson
Surface area and volume of cubes
Use this for “What is the volume and surface area of a cube with side 2?”
Surface area of pyramids
Use this for “Find the surface area of the square pyramid from its net.”
Volume of prisms with fractional edges
Use this for “A box is 2 1/2 by 1 1/2 by 2. What is its volume?”
Surface area of triangular prisms
Use this for “Find the surface area of the triangular prism from its net.”
Nets of cubes
Use this for “Which of these nets can be folded into a cube?”