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Area of Parallelograms
Area of Triangles
Area of Trapezoids
Straight Up Area
100
The roof of Mrs. Vega's house is shaped like a parallelogram. The base of the roof is 16.7 meters and the height is 9 meters. What is the area of the roof?
150.3 square meters
100
A rectangular school flag has a base of 25 inches and a height of 32 inches. The flag is divided into 2 congruent triangles formed by 2 sides and a diagonal of the flag. What is the area of each triangle?
400 square inches
100
A cake is made out of two identical trapezoids. Each trapezoid has a height of 11 inches and bases of 9 inches and 14 inches. What is the area of one of the trapezoid pieces?
126.5 square inches
100

Without using a calculator, find the area of a triangle with a base of 19 inches and a height of 12 inches.

228 sq. in

200
Michelle's backyard is in the shape of a parallelogram. The parallelogram has an area of 224 square feet and a base of 14 feet. What is the height of the parallelogram?
16 feet
200
Kendra is sewing a pattern of parallelograms on her backpack. Each parallelogram has a base of 5 centimeters, a height of 18 centimeters, and is divided into two congruent triangles. What is the area of each triangle?
45 square centimeters
200
A sticker is in the shape of a trapezoid. The height is 3 centimeters, and the bases are 2.5 centimeters and 5.5 centimeters. What is the area of the sticker?
12 square cm
200

Without using a calculator, find the area of a parallelogram with a base of 27 inches, and a height of 32 inches.

What is 864 sq. cm

300
The windows in an office building are shaped like parallelograms. The base of each window is 1.8 meters and the height is 1.5 meters. What is the area of each window?
2.7 square meters
300
Liang used 75 square inches of fabric to make a triangular pennant to take to a football game. The base of the pennant was 6 inches. What was the height of the pennant?
25 inches
300
The lid on a ceramic box is in the shape of a trapezoid. The area of the lid is 36 square inches. The bases of the lid are 5 inches and 7 inches. What is the height of the lid?
6 inches
300

Without using a calculator, find the area of a trapezoid with a lower base of 14 in, an upper base of 11 inches, and a height of 23 inches.

What is 287.5 sq in

400
Leeza is making labels in the shape of parallelograms. Each label has an area of 18 square centimeters and a base of 6 centimeters. What is the height of each label?
3 centimeters
400
Hiro used 60 square inches of fabric to make a triangular sail for his model sailboat. The base of the sail was 8 inches. What was the height of the sail?
15 inches
400
Sonia makes a wooden frame around a square picture. The frames made of 4 congruent trapezoids. The shorter base is 9 inches, the longer base is 12 inches, and the height is 1.5 inches. What is the area of the picture frame?
63 square inches
400

Without using a calculator, find the base for a rectangle with a height of 8 inches, and an area of 432 inches.

What is 54 in

500
Ronna has a sticker in the shape of a parallelogram. The sticker has a base of 6.5 cm and a height of 10.1 cm. What is the area of the sticker?
65.65 square cm
500
Bayla draws a triangle with a base of 15 com and a height of 8.5 cm. If she colors the space inside the triangle, what area does she color?
63.75 square cm
500
Bryan cuts a piece of cardboard in the shape of a trapezoid. The area of the cutout is 43.5 square centimeters. If the bases are 6 centimeters and 8.5 centimeters long, what is the height of the trapezoid?
6 centimeters
500

Without using a calculator, find the height of a right triangle with an area of 1,275 inches, and a base of 25 inches.

What is 51 in.