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Areas and Integrals

Integration can be better understood if you consider its relationship with area. All of the problems in this feature require you to think deeply about area, integrals, and the relationship between them.

Towering Trapeziums
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Towering trapeziums

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Can you find the areas of the trapezia in this sequence?
Of all the areas
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Of all the areas

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Can you find a general rule for finding the areas of equilateral triangles drawn on an isometric grid?
Graphs of changing areas
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Graphs of changing areas

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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Use graphs to gain insights into an area and perimeter problem, or use your knowledge of area and perimeter to gain insights into the graphs...
Area L
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Area L

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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By sketching a graph of a continuous increasing function, can you prove a useful result about integrals?