Area of Triangles

You can think of any triangle as half of a parallelogram! This is why its area is half that of the parallelogram: half of height times base. Watch this lecture series and complete the interactive exercises to practice using the triangle area formula.

Practice

Area of triangles - Questions

1. Look at the image below.



What is the area of the triangle?

________ units ^{2}

2. Look at the image below.



What is the area of the triangle?

________ units ^{2}

3. Look at the image below.



What is the area of the triangle?

________ units ^{2}

4. Look at the image below.



What is the area of the triangle?

________ units ^{2}

5. Look at the image below.



What is the area of the triangle?

________ units ^{2}

6. Look at the image below.



What is the area of the triangle?

________ units ^{2}

7. Look at the image below.



What is the area of the triangle?

________ units ^{2}