1.2 Finding Area by Decomposing & Rearranging - Activities 2 & 3

What do you want to download?

You can either download the .ggb file alone or the complete webpage for students with tasks.

I agree to the terms of GeoGebra's non-commercial license

• Offline Activity (.zip)

• GeoGebra Files

  1. This app has one square and some small, medium, and large right triangles. Click on a shape and drag to move it. Grab the point at the vertex and drag to turn it.The area of the square is 1 s (.ggb)
     
  2. Use these shapes to create a new shape with an area of 1 square unit that is not a square. Place this shape near the bottom of this app. (.ggb)
     
  3. Use your shapes to create a new shape with an area of 2 square units. Place this shape near the bottom of this app. (.ggb)
     
  4. Use your shapes to create a DIFFERENT SHAPE with an area of 2 square units. Place this shape near the bottom of this app. (.ggb)
     
  5. Use your shapes to create a new shape with an area of 4 square units. Place this shape near the bottom of this app. (.ggb)
     
  6. Recall that the area of the square is 1 square unit. Use this app to help illustrate your answers to your questions below. (.ggb)