You can think of any triangle as half of a parallelogram! This is why its area is half that of the parallelogram: half of height times base. Watch this lecture series and complete the interactive exercises to practice using the triangle area formula.
Practice
Area of triangles - Questions
1. Look at the image below.
What is the area of the triangle?
________ units \(^{2}\)
2. Look at the image below.
What is the area of the triangle?
________ units \(^{2}\)
3. Look at the image below.
What is the area of the triangle?
________ units \(^{2}\)
4. Look at the image below.
What is the area of the triangle?
________ units \(^{2}\)
5. Look at the image below.
What is the area of the triangle?
________ units \(^{2}\)
6. Look at the image below.
What is the area of the triangle?
________ units \(^{2}\)
7. Look at the image below.
What is the area of the triangle?
________ units \(^{2}\)