Clarifications
Clarification 1: Problem types include finding area of composite shapes and determining missing dimensions.Clarification 2: Within this benchmark, the expectation is to know from memory a formula for the area of a rectangle and triangle.
Clarification 3: Dimensions are limited to positive rational numbers.
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MFAS Formative Assessments
Students are asked to find the area of a kite by composing it into rectangles or decomposing it into triangles.
Students are asked to find the area of a trapezoid and a parallelogram by composing or decomposing into triangles and rectangles.
Students are asked to solve a problem involving finding the area of a composite plane figure.
Original Student Tutorials Mathematics - Grades 6-8
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This Khan Academy tutorial video illustrates how to find the volume of an irregular solid figure by dividing the figure into two rectangular prisms and finding the volume of each. Although the tutorial works from a drawing, individual volume cubes are not drawn so students must work from the formula.
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This Khan Academy tutorial video illustrates finding the volume of an irregular figure made up of unit cubes by separating the figure into two rectangular prisms and finding the volume of each part.
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This tutorial demonstrates how the area of an irregular geometric shape may be determined by decomposition to smaller familiar shapes.
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