Area of Parallelograms
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| Course: | GKT101: General Knowledge for Teachers – Math |
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Description
Watch this lecture series that describes how to find the area of a parallelogram given its height and base, and complete the interactive exercises.
Area of a parallelogram
Source: Khan Academy, https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-sixth-grade-math/cc-6th-geometry-topic#cc-6th-parallelogram-area
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Finding height of a parallelogram
Practice
Area of parallelograms - Questions
1. Look at the image below.
Find the area of the parallelogram.
________ square units
2. Look at the image below.
Find the area of the parallelogram.
________ square units
3. Look at the image below.
What is the area of the parallelogram?
________ square units
4. Look at the image below.
Find the area of the parallelogram.
________ square units
Area of parallelograms - Answers
1. The area of the parallelogram is \(35\) square units.
2. \(\text { Area of parallelogram }=6 \times 5=30 \text { square units }\)
3. \(\text { Area of parallelogram }=9 \times 6=54 \text { square units }\)
4. \(\text { Area of parallelogram }=5 \times 4=20 \text { square units }\)
Find missing length when given area of a parallelogram - Questions
1. The parallelogram shown below has an area of 40 units \(^{2}\).
Find the missing base.
\(b=\) _______ units
2. The parallelogram shown below has an area of 28 units \(^{2}\).
Find the missing base.
\(b=\) _______ units
3. The parallelogram shown below has an area of 21 units \(^{2}\).
Find the missing height.
\(h=\) _______ units
4. The parallelogram shown below has an area of 135 units \(^{2}\).
Find the missing base.
\(b=\) _______ units
Find missing length when given area of a parallelogram - Answers
1. The answer:
\(b=8 \text { units }\)
2. The answer:
\(b=4 \text { units }\)
3. The answer:
\(h=3 \text { units }\)
4. The answer:
\(b=9 \text { units }\)