Area of Simple Shapes

Formulas

100

What is the formula for the area of a square

Side²

200

What the formula for area of a triangle

What is b x h/2 or 1/2bh

300

What is the formula for area of a rectangle

L x W

400

What is the formula for area of a parallelogram?

What is B x H

500

What is the formula for area of a trapezium

1/2 x (a+b) x h

Parallelograms

100

Find the area of a parallelogram when the Base= 6  and the Height=7

What is 42u²

200

Find the area of a parallelogram when the Base= 12  and the Height=9

What is 108u²

300

Find the area of a parallelogram when the Base= 14  and the Height=19

What is 266u²

400

Find the area of a parallelogram when the Base= 5m  and the Height=7m

What is 35 m²

500

Find the area of a parallelogram when the Base= 8km  and the Height=9km

What is 72 km²

Trapezium

100

Find the area of a trapezium when the height is 4, the length of the bottom is 10 and the length of the top is 8

What is 36u²

200

Find the area of a trapezium when the height is 8, the length of the bottom is 12 and the length of the top is 4

What is 64u²

300

Find the area of a trapezium when the height is 10m, the length of the bottom is 10m and the length of the top is 8m

What is 90m²?

400

Find the area of a trapezium when the height is 5, the length of the bottom is 7 and the length of the top is 4

What is 27.5u²

500

Find the area of a trapezium when the height is 7m, the length of the bottom is 13m and the length of the top is 8m

What is 73.5m²

Triangles

100

Find the area of a triangle when the Base=5 and the Height=12

30u²

200

Find the area of a triangle when the Base=7 and the Height=12

What is 42u²

300

Find the area of a triangle when the Base=3 and the Height=7

What is 10.5u²

400

Find the area of a triangle when the Base=8 and the Height=10

What is 40u²

500

Find the area of a triangle when the Base=12 and the Height=24

What is 144u²

Rectangles

100

Find the area of a rectangle when the length is 7m and the width is 9m

What is 63m²

200

Find the area of a rectangle when the length is 4 and the width is 6

What is 24u²

300

Find the area of a rectangle when the length is 11 and the width is 6

What is 66u²

400

Find the area of a rectangle when the length is 12 and the width is 4

What is 48cm²

500

Find the area of a rectangle when the length is 21 and the width is 12

What is 252u²