Area and Perimeter of a Rectangle. Area is the number of units it takes to cover a surface. When you are trying to find the area of a rectangle, you want to take the length x width or lw. A rectangle has a length of 8 centimeters and a width of 3 centimeters. Perimeter is the length of the shapes boundary. Find the perimeter of a rectangular field of length 45 m and width 35 m.

Posted April 23, 2011 by oliversmathblog. Posted April 23, 2011 by oliversmathblog. Posted April 20, 2011 by oliversmathblog. Here are some useful formulas for finding the area and volume of different shapes. 3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,. 0,1,2,3,4.

Helpful Link for Basic Geometry. The above link is to a website that covers a lot of what we have been going over in class with geometric figures. There are games to play and just basic information on how to calculate the area and perimeter of particular shapes. There is also games on line segments and angles as well. Applying What I Have Learned. Helpful Link for Basic Geometry.

The semester is finally coming to an end! It has been fun having to relearn how to do everything that we already know how to do. It was weird seeing how the simplest problems can seem so difficult because of what we know now. I will keep up with working on my math skills for when I become a teacher. I will also continue looking up effective ways to teach students lessons in math. We all know it can be a little tricky! April 22, 2011.

Nice chart to show you the sides and differences in polygons. There are so many new vocabulary words for this section! At first i thought the flash cards were kind of silly but i think they might actually help me memorize some of these definitions. Now all i have to do is write down what all these words mean.

New Song Of the week. It goes with the shape. I noticed that after break we are starting fractions. I remember when my teacher in middle school tried to make up a song about fractions and just made herself look really bad. So here is a fraction song that is suppose to help kids. It is just rather funny. Check it out! YAY or NAY to calculators? February 16, 2011. Math grows tougher, earlier.