Area of Kites
Area of Triangles
Area of Parallelograms & Rhombuses
Area of Trapezoids
Challenge
Formulas
100
Find the area of the kite:
76 yd2
100
Find the area of a triangle with a base of 8 inches and a height of 10 inches.
40 in2
100
Find the area of a parallelogram with a base of 3 meters and a height of 12 meters.
36 m2
100
Find the area of the trapezoid.
66 ft2
100
Find the area of the composite figure.
136 cm2
100
This formula can be used to find the area of a rectangle.
l xx w
100
Find the area:
102 ft2
100
Find the area of a triangle with a base of 12 cm and a height of 7 cm.
42 cm2
100
Find the area of this parallelogram.
468 in2
100
Find the area of the trapezoid. 
176 cm2
100
Find the area of the shaded part of the figure.
106 m2
100
This formula is used to find the area of a triangle.
1/2bh or
(bh)/2
100
Find the area of the kite shown:
72 in2
100
Find the area of the triangle shown.
56 in2
100
Find the area of this parallelogram.
322 ft2
100
Find the area of the trapezoid.
63 m2
100
A parallelogram has an area of 24 in2. Find THREE different bases and heights this parallelogram could be.
1.) 2 in and 12 in
2.) 3 in and 8 in
3.) 4 in and 6 in
4.) 1 in and 24 in
100
This formula is used to calculate the area of a trapezoid.
A=1/2 h (b_1+b_2) or
A=(b_1+b_2)/2xxh
100
What is the area of this kite?
24 cm2
100
Find the area of Triangle PQR.
156 ft2
100
Find area of a parallelogram with a height of 5 meters and a base of 62 meters.
310 m2
100
Find the area of the trapezoid.
741 ft2
100
Find the area of the composite figure.
412.5 in2
100
TRUE OR FALSE: The correct way to label units for area is cubed units or units3.
FALSE: Area is always labeled with square units or units2.
100
What is the area of this kite?
34 ft2
100
Find the area of a triangle with a base of 125.54 cm and a height of 23 cm.
1443.71 cm2
100
The area of parallelogram is 207 in2. Its height is 9 inches. Find the base.
23 in
100
Find the area of the trapezoid. 
19.8 in2
100
Find the area of the composite figure.
1,344 ft2
100
Describe how to find the area of a composite shape.
- Divide the shape into simpler shapes for which you know how to calculate the area (triangles, rectangles, trapezoids, etc)
- Find the measurements of each simpler shape (ex: missing side lengths).
- Calculate the the area of each simpler shape.
- Add up the areas of these simpler shapes.