Parallelograms
Triangles
100

What is the formula to find the area of a parallelogram?

A = bh

100

What is the formula to find the area of a triangle?

A = 1/2bh

A = bh/2

200
A parallelogram has a base of 10in and a height of 4in. what is its area?

40in^2

200

A triangle has a base of 10in and a height of 4in. What is its area?

20in^2

300

In order to determine corresponding base and height for a parallelogram, you must see what kind of intersection between them?


A right angle/90 degree angle

300
How do we get the formula to find the area of a triangle? (Hint: we do something to another shape...)
By cutting a parallelogram/rectangle/square in half from opposite corners.
400

There is a parallelogram with a large hole in the middle in the shape of a triangle. The parallelogram has a base of 15in and a height of 3in. The triangular hole has a base of 4in and a height of 2in. What is the area of the parallelogram?

41in^2

400

Find the area of a triangle with a base of 12cm and a height of 7cm.

42cm^2

500

The area of a parallelogram is 256m^2. The base of the parallelogram is 16m. What is the height of the parallelogram?

16m

500

The area of a triangle is 102cm^2. The height of the triangle is 6cm. What is the base of the triangle?

34cm

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