Area of parallelograms
What is the area of a Parallelogram with a base of 7 yd and a height of 5 yd?
35 square yards
What is the area of a triangle with base of 8 cm. and a height of 9 cm.
36 square cm.
What is the formula used to find the area of a rectangle?
base times height
Kaya is fencing a garden. The garden is 3 ft. long and 10 ft. wide. How many feet of fence will Kaya need?
26 feet.
A farmer has cattle he wants to fence inside a square shape. One of the sides measures 4 yards. How much fence will the farmer need to fence in his cattle?
16 yards.
Parallelogram A has a base of 8 ft and a height of 7 ft. Parallelogram B has a base of 9 ft and a height of 10 ft. Which parallelogram has the greater area?
Parallelogram B.
What is the area of a triangle with a base of 7 inches and a height of 4 inches?
14 square inches
What is the formula used to find the area of a parallelogram?
base times height.
Max wants new carpet for his room. The room is 6 yds long and 5 yds. wide. How many yards of carpet will he need?
30 square yards.
A rectangular rug is 10 feet long and 3 feet wide. What is its area and perimeter?
Area: 30 square feet; Perimeter: 26 feet.
Which figure has the greater area? A rectangle with base of 11 ft and a height of 6 ft A square with 8 ft per side. A Parallelogram with a base of 7 ft. and a height of 3 ft. A rectangle with base of 10 ft. and a height of 5 ft.
A rectangle with base of 11 ft. and a height of 6 ft.
What is the area of a triangle with a base of 18 inches and a height of 19 inches?
171 square inches
What is the formula to find the area of a square?
base times height
(double points for side squared)
Terry drew a picture of his sister. It was 8 cm long and 5 cm wide. He wants to make a frame out of colored tape to put around the picture. How much tape will he need?
26 cm of tape
Each side of a square garden is 7 yards long. What is the garden's perimeter?
28 yards.
What is the area of a parallelogram with a height of 5 ft. and a base of 13 ft.
65 square feet
Jay says that a triangle has an area of 1,600 square inches. the triangle has a height of 80 in. and a base of 20 inches. Is he correct?
No. He forgot to divide by 2.
What is the formula used to find the area of a triangle?
base time height divided by 2 (or one half times base times height)
A triangle has sides of 4 ft., 5 ft., and 13 ft. What is its perimeter?
22 ft.
The perimeter of a rectangular garage is 34 meters. It is 8 meters wide. How long is it?
9 meters long.
Karl knows the area of a parallelogram is 54 square inches. The base of this parallelogram is 9 inches. and the height is h inches. What is the measure for the height of this parallelogram?
6 inches
A space ship has triangular shaped windows. The base of each window is 9 cm. The height is h cm. The area of each window is 126 square centimeters. Find the height of each window.
28 cm.
The base of a parallelogram is 5 cm and the height is 5 cm. Alex said that the area of the parallelogram is 20 square cm. Myra said the area is 25 square cm. Which student is correct?
Myra
A right triangle has an area of 30 square inches. The height is 30 feet. What is the base?
2 ft.
A rectangular soccer goal is 12 meters wide and 20 meters long. What is its perimeter?
64 meters.