Area Formulas
VOCABULARY
Area of Parallelograms
Area of Other Shapes
Area of Compound Shapes
100

What is the area formula for a rectangle?

A = l x w

100

What is the distance around a shape called?

PERIMETER is the distance around a shape.

100

Find the area of the following parallelogram

What is 72 cm squared?

100

What is the area of the triangle with a base of 5 and a height of 8?

10 square units

200

What is the area formula for a parallelogram?

A = b x h

200

What is the amount of space inside a 2D shape called?

AREA is the amount of space inside a 2D shape.

200

Find the area of the following parallelogram.

What is 63 cm2

200

What is the area of the rectangle?

24 cm2

300

What is the area formula for a triangle?

A = (b x h) รท 2

300

What type of units is area measured in?

SQUARE UNITS are used to measure area.

300

Find the area of the following parallelogram.


What is 135 in2

300

What is the area of the rectangle?

36 cm2

300

Find the area of the figure below.

135 cm2

400

What is the area of a rhombus/kite?

A = (a x b) / 2

(a and b are the diagonals)

400

List all the 4 shapes which have opposite sides being parallel.

Square, Rectangle, Rhombus and Parallelogram

400

An interior designer is tiling a bathroom using tile shaped like a parallelogram. The base of one tile is 2 and 1/2 cm and the height is 2 cm. Find the area of one tile. 

5 cm squared

400

What is the area of a triangle with a base of 6 cm, a slant height of 12cm and a perpendicular height of 10 cm?

30 cm2

400

Find the area of the shape below. 

84 cm2

500

What is the formula for the area of a trapezium?

A = ((a + b)xx h)\div 2

500

Which shape has adjacent sides being equal?

Kite

500

The area of a parallelogram is 60 cm2. If the height is 12 cm then what is the base?

5 cm

500

What is the area of this trapezium?

A = 170 cm^2

500

Find the area of the sidewalk around the pool.

68 units2

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