Triangle Explorer
Exploration Questions

  • What defines a triangle?
  • What is the difference between a scalene, obtuse, and acute triangle?
  • After trying a few different triangles, what do you notice about the area value?
  • What does the Hint button reveal? What do you notice about the shapes within the blue rectangle?
  • How do you find the area of a rectangle? Any triangle?
  • How would you find area of a triangle within a rectangle?