Parallelograms
Area
Vocabulary and Formulas
100

Draw a parallelogram with the area of 18 square units.  Use your PLTW to draw it.

Answers vary.  Sample responses.

100

What is the are of a rectangle that measures 4 in. by 9 in.?

What is 36 in2?

100

What is the formula for area of a rectangle or square?

L x W
200

What is the height of the parallelogram?

What is 8 cm?

200

Which of the three triangles has the greatest area? 

What is all three triangles have an area of 10 square units?

200

What is the formula for an area of a parallelogram?

B x H

300

What is the area of the parallelogram?

What is 54 square units?

300

Select all the triangles that have an area of 30 square units.

What is A, C?

300

What is the formula for the area of triangle?

b x h(1/2)

400

Which parallelogram has an area of 60 square units?

What is B?

400

What is the area of the given figure?

What is 31 square units?

400

What is a height?

The intersecting line with base that measures a 90 degree angle 
500

Write down all of the parallelograms that have an area of 16 square units.

What is B, C, D?

500

Daily Double - Teacher will double your points given when you get it right.  Teacher will deduct double your points if you get it wrong.



How many square feet of wallpaper would be needed to cover the wall?

What is 60 square units?

500

What is base?

The base is the line on a parallelogram or triangle that intersects with height