Area of a Parallelogram

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Mathematics

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6th Grade

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4.MD.A.3, 6.G.A.1, 3.MD.C.7B

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Area of a Parallelogram

By Courtney Tout

Area of a Rectangle is very similar to the Area of a parallelogram.

Let's Review:

Multiple Choice

What is the length or base?

7 in

77 in

11 in

56 in

Multiple Choice

What is the width or height?

7 in

77 in

11 in

56 in

Multiple Choice

Use the formula: $A=b\times h$ to find the area of the rectangle to the left.

$7in^2$

$77in^2$

$11in^2$

$56in^2$

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Multiple Choice

What is the formula to find the area of a parallelogram?

$A=\frac{bh}{2}$

$A=bh$

$A=s^2$

$A=\frac{1}{2}\left(b_1+b_2\right)h$

We have the following parallelogram.

As we can see we have a bottom length or base of 6 units. The height is 3 units tall.

Example application of using the formula

Example 1

Identify what we know:
b = 6 units h = 3 units
Plug into Equation
A = 6 x 3
Solve
A = 18 units²

Multiple Choice

Identify the base and height of the parallelogram.

B = 15 cm

H = 5 cm

B = 10 cm

H = 5 cm

B = 5 cm

H = 1 cm

B = 20

H = 10

Multiple Choice

Determine the Area of the Parallelogram: $A=b\times h$

50cm^2

75cm^2

5cm^2

200cm^2

Poll

Determine the base and height of the parallelogram.

B = 11 cm

H = 5 cm

B = 7

H = 7

B = 9

H = 9

B = 9

H = 7

Multiple Choice

Determine the Area of the parallelogram:

$A=b\times h$

55cm^2

60cm^2

63 cm^2

66cm^2

Multiple Choice

Determine the Area of the parallelogram:

$A=b\times h$

18m^2

12cm^2

6.5cm^2

8.5cm^2

Multiple Choice

Determine the Area of the parallelogram:

$A=b\times h$

17m^2

60m^2

34cm^2

52cm^2

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