https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-sixth-grade-math/x0267d782:cc-6th-plane-figures/cc-6th-area-triangle/v/intuition-for-area-of-a-triangle 2023-06-30T00:54:25.287354524Z Area of a triangle The area of a rectangle and a parallelogram is found by multiplying the base by the height. For a triangle, the area is half of a parallelogram's, so it's calculated by multiplying the base by the height and then dividing by 2. video https://cdn.kastatic.org/googleusercontent/Fi9pR66SMMyijKzoyFIw6a2cHjUub-HncPLAlfT0a90llRBEciMFgGmv-CAlSSHoRNi9iIgUuqiBYzHBnwv9yt4 Area of a triangle The area of a rectangle and a parallelogram is found by multiplying the base by the height. For a triangle, the area is half of a parallelogram's, so it's calculated by multiplying the base by the height and then dividing by 2. https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka-youtube-converted/rRTXKQpblEc.mp4/rRTXKQpblEc.mp4 330 Area of triangles https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-sixth-grade-math/x0267d782:cc-6th-plane-figures/cc-6th-area-triangle/e/find-base-and-height-on-a-triangle 2026-04-08T01:19:59.083532605Z Find base and height on a triangle Identify the height of a triangle as the segment perpendicular to the base and reaching the other vertex. Lindsay exercise https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-sixth-grade-math/x0267d782:cc-6th-plane-figures/cc-6th-area-triangle/e/area-of-right-triangles 2026-04-08T00:16:02.937952483Z Area of right triangles Find the area of right triangles Lindsay exercise https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-sixth-grade-math/x0267d782:cc-6th-plane-figures/cc-6th-area-triangle/e/area_of_triangles_1 2026-03-24T23:41:07.080866137Z Area of triangles Practice finding the area of right, acute, and obtuse triangles. Chanda Stanaland Johnson exercise https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-sixth-grade-math/x0267d782:cc-6th-plane-figures/cc-6th-area-triangle/e/find-length-when-given-area-of-a-triangle 2026-02-25T07:10:43.942529673Z Find missing length when given area of a triangle Find the base or height of a triangle when given the other and the area. Lindsay exercise