Area Formulas
What is the formula for the area of a parallelogram?
A=bh
What does area mean in geometry?
The space inside a shape.
What is the area of a triangle with a base of 6 cm and a height of 3 cm?
9cm^2
What Shape is not a Polygon Square,Triangle,Pentagon ,Circle
Circle
A rectangle has a length of 8 cm and width of 3 cm. What is the area?
24cm^2
What is the formula for the area of a rectangle?
A=LW
What is the area of a square with side length 5 cm?
25cm^2
What is the area of a parallelogram with base 4 cm and height 10 cm?
40cm^2
A square has all four sides equal. True or False: A square is a type of rectangle.
True
The base of a triangle is 10 m, and its height is 6 m. What is the area?
30m^2
What is the formula for the area of a triangle?
A=1/2bh
What does it mean to decompose a shape?
Take apart or Break a shape into smaller, manageable shapes.
What is the area of a rhombus with diagonals of 8 cm and 6 cm?
24cm^2
What is the name of a polygon with 4 sides, where opposite sides are parallel, and all angles are 90 degrees?
Rectangle
A rhombus has diagonals measuring 7 cm and 5 cm. What is its area?
17.5cm^2
What is the formula for the area of a square?
A=s^2
What does it mean to compose a shape?
Combine smaller shapes to form a larger shape.
What is the area of a triangle with a base of 12 cm and a height of 5 cm?
30cm^2
Which polygon has equal sides and equal angles but is not a square?
Rhombus
A square has a side length of 9 cm. What is its area?
81in^2
What is the formula for the area of a rhombus?
A= 1/2(d1)x(d2)
What does it mean to “flip” a polygon when finding area?
This refers to changing a shape’s orientation while calculating its area, which does not affect the area.
What is the area of a square with side length 7/2cm?
49/4 cm^2 or 12.25 cm^2
What shape has 4 equal sides, but no right angles?
Rhombus
A parallelogram has a base of 15 inches and a height of 8 inches. What is the area?
120in^2