Quote Originally Posted by Nochowderforyou
The "base times height over 2" is the formula for a triangle. The "base" part refers to the length size of the bottom of the triangle. The "times" part means multiplying (x), and the "height", is the length of the triangle from top to bottom. "Over 2" means divide.

So it's just the formula for figuring out the area of a triangle, for example:

2cm (base)
4cm (height)
Multiply (x)
divide by 2

OR

2 x 4 = 8
8/2 = 4



There you go. I'm a closet math nerd. I love the stuff.

But I agree, 4th grade material? I think not!

I have been out of elementray school for, 15 years or so, and if that is the material they're teaching now, I would have failed for sure. I had a hard enought ime in school as it is. Bad case of ADHD that went untreated.
:thumbsup: Thanks