Vocabulary/Formulas
A shape that can be divided into more than one of the basic shapes.
What is a composite figure?
Area of a parallelogram with a base of 8.2 inches and a height of 3 inches.
What is 24.6 square inches?
A tile maker makes triangular tiles for a mosaic. Two triangular tiles form a square. What is the are of one of the triangular tiles? It has a base and height of 3 1/2 inches.
What is 6 1/8 square inches?
The top of a school table is in the shape of a trapezoid. What is the area of the tabletop if the height is 2 feet, base one is 3 feet, and base two is 4 feet.
A tangram is a puzzle consisting of pieces that are put together to form shapes. One such shape is shown. What is the area of the figure shape? (page 410, problem 10)
What is 48.25 square centimeters?
A=bxh
What is the are of a parallelogram?
A parallelogram has a base of 9 mm and a height of 6 mm. A triangle has a base of 3 mm and a height of 12 mm. How many times greater is the area of the parallelogram than the area of the triangle?
What is 3 square mm?
What is the area of the triangle in square inches when the base is 7 1/4 inches and the height is 3 inches?
What is 10 7/8 square inches?
A small plot of land is shaped like the figure shown. What is the are of the plot of land if the height is 9 yards, base one is 12 yards, and base two is 22 yards?
What 153 square yards?
Larry wants to set apart a play area in his yard by fencing it. How many yards of fencing does he need to go around the perimeter of the unshaded area? (Additional Practice, problem 3)
What is 16 yards?
A=1/2 x b x h
What is the area of a triangle?
The area of a parallelogram that has a height of 45 1/2 ft and a height of 50 ft.
What is 2,275 square feet?
A roofer is replacing the tiles on the side of the roof. If the area of the side of the roof is 25.3 square meters, what is the measure of the base in meters? The height is 5.5 meters.
What is 9.2 meter?
What is the height of a wooden bike ramp that has an area of 10 square feet, base one of 3 feet, and base two of 7 feet.
What is 2 feet?
Find the area of the figure. (Additional practice, problem 4)
A four-sided figure with opposite sides that are parallel.
What is a parallelogram?
A square stepping stone has a side length of 10 1/4 inches. What is the area of the area of the stepping stone?
What is 105 1/6 square inches?
What is the area of the unshaded portion? (pg. 410, question 12)
What is 56.7 square meters?
What is the area of the right trapezoid if the height is 3.3 yards, base one is 7 yards, and base two is 11.9 yards?
What is 31.185 square yards?
Find the area of the figure. (Additional Practice, problem 5)
What is 34 square inches?
A four-sided figure with at least one pair of parallel sides.
What is a trapezoid?
Tamara's backyard pool needs a cover for the winter. The pool is rectangular with a length of 12 feet and an area of 196.8 square feet. What is the width of the pool cover Tamara's pool will need?
What is 16.4 feet?
A rectangular flag consists of two right triangles. The area of each triangle is 6.6 square feet. What are the length and area of the flag?
What is 6 ft and 13.2 ft?
A trapezoid's longer base is three times the length of its shorter base. If the trapezoid has an area of 32 square feet and a height of 4 feet, what is the length of each base?
What is 12 feet and 4 feet?
What is the area of the figure? (form B, question 4)
What is 135 square inches?