Common Core · Grade 7
7.G.B.6
Grade 7 — Solve problems involving the area of two-dimensional objects composed of triangles, quadrilaterals and polygons.
Grade 7 — Solve problems involving volume and surface area of cubes and right prisms.
The 2 skills that cover it
What a student should be able to do
- Find the perimeter and area of rectangles and triangles.
- Use the area formulas for parallelograms and trapezoids.
- Decompose a composite figure to find its area.
- Work backwards from an area to a missing side length.
- Find the volume of a prism and a cylinder.
- Find the surface area of a prism and a cylinder using nets.
- Apply the one-third factor for pyramids and cones.
- Use volume in capacity and packing word problems.