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Area of Parallelograms

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Course: GKT101: General Knowledge for Teachers – Math
Book: Area of Parallelograms
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Date: Friday, 18 April 2025, 5:43 PM

Description

Watch this lecture series that describes how to find the area of a parallelogram given its height and base, and complete the interactive exercises.

Table of contents

Finding height of a parallelogram

Practice

    

Area of parallelograms - Questions

1. Look at the image below.



Find the area of the parallelogram.

________ square units

2. Look at the image below.



Find the area of the parallelogram.

________ square units

3. Look at the image below.



What is the area of the parallelogram?

________ square units

4. Look at the image below.



Find the area of the parallelogram.

________ square units


Area of parallelograms - Answers

1. The area of the parallelogram is 35 square units.

2. \text { Area of parallelogram }=6 \times 5=30 \text { square units }

3. \text { Area of parallelogram }=9 \times 6=54 \text { square units }

4. \text { Area of parallelogram }=5 \times 4=20 \text { square units }

Find missing length when given area of a parallelogram - Questions

1. The parallelogram shown below has an area of 40 units ^{2}.



Find the missing base.

b= _______ units

2. The parallelogram shown below has an area of 28 units ^{2}.



Find the missing base.

b= _______ units

3. The parallelogram shown below has an area of 21 units ^{2}.



Find the missing height.

h= _______ units

4. The parallelogram shown below has an area of 135 units ^{2}.



Find the missing base.

b= _______ units

Find missing length when given area of a parallelogram - Answers

1. The answer:

b=8 \text { units }

2. The answer:

b=4 \text { units }

3. The answer:

h=3 \text { units }

4. The answer:

b=9 \text { units }