Area Formula
What is the formula for the area of a triangle?
A=1/2Bh
Triangle: base = 8, height = 4. Find area.
16 square units
what is 6 x 7
42
What is the formula for the area of a parallelogram?
A=Bh
Parallelogram: base = 7, height = 6. Find area
42 square units
what is 8 x 9
72
What does 'base' mean in a triangle?
The bottom side used to measure the shape
Triangle: base = 10, height = 5. Find area.
25 square units
12 x 3 =
What does 'height' mean?
The straight line from base to top
Parallelogram: base = 12, height = 3. Find area.
36 square units
15 x 4
60
True or False: A triangle is half of a parallelogram
True
Triangle area is 30. Height is 6. What is the base?
24 x 6