Unit 5 · Standard 6.GR.1
🔑 Determine the Area of Trapezoids — Vocab Explorer
① Word Wall
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ES Área de trapecios
The space inside a trapezoid. Formula: A = 1/2(b₁ + b₂)h.
El espacio dentro de un trapecio. Fórmula: A = 1/2(b₁ + b₂)h.
ES Trapecio
A four-sided shape with just one pair of parallel sides.
Una figura de cuatro lados con solo un par de lados paralelos.
ES Paralelas
Two lines or sides that stay the same distance apart and never meet.
Dos líneas o lados que se mantienen a la misma distancia y nunca se cruzan.
ES Base 1 (b1)
One of the two parallel sides of a trapezoid.
Uno de los dos lados paralelos de un trapecio.
ES Base 2 (b2)
The other parallel side of a trapezoid.
El otro lado paralelo de un trapecio.
ES Altura
The straight-up distance between the two parallel sides.
La distancia recta entre los dos lados paralelos.
ES Perpendicular
Two lines that meet to make a square corner (90 degrees).
Dos líneas que se cruzan formando una esquina cuadrada (90 grados).
ES Área
How much space is inside a flat shape.
Cuánto espacio hay dentro de una figura plana.
ES Descomponer
Break a figure into simpler shapes.
Separar una figura en formas más simples.
ES Trapecio rectángulo
A trapezoid with two square corners.
Un trapecio con dos esquinas cuadradas.
② Match it
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③ Fill in the blank
Use the word bank to finish each sentence.
- 1The space inside a trapezoid, found with A = ½(b₁ + b₂)h, is the .
- 2A quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides is a .
- 3Two sides that stay the same distance apart and never meet are .
- 4One of the two parallel sides of a trapezoid is .
- 5The other parallel side of a trapezoid is .
- 6The perpendicular distance between the two parallel bases is the .
- 7Two lines that meet at a 90° square corner are .
- 8The amount of flat space inside the trapezoid is its .
- 9Breaking a figure into simpler shapes is called .
- 10A trapezoid with two square corners is a .
④ Use it in a sentence
Pick one word and finish the sentence in your own words.
A is .