Completion requirements
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 - Answers
1. The triangle has an area of 16 units \(^{2}\).
2. The triangle has an area of 63 units \(^{2}\).
3. The triangle has an area of 20 units \({ }^{2}\).
4. The triangle has an area of 96 units \(^{2}\).
5. The triangle has an area of 6 units \({ }^{2}\).
6. The triangle has an area of 135 units \(^{2}\).
7. The triangle has an area of 5 units \(^{2}\).