Areas of Quadrilaterals-Lesson#1

Areas of Quadrilaterals

In this lesson students will learn how to derive and use  formulas for quadrilaterals

Warm-up Questions

The answers are multiple choice

Multiple Choice

Name this shape

• parallelogram

• kite

• rhombus

Multiple Choice

How many angles are equal?

• 4

• 0

• 2

Multiple Choice

How many pairs of parallel sides does this shape have?

• 2

• 0

• 1

Open Ended

You are an artist who use unusual materials to create beautiful and detailed works of art.

How can you make an educated guess of how many blue buttons you need to buy in your next supermarket visit to fill the blue space.

How can you use your knowledge of triangles and rectangles to find the areas of parallelograms?

Find the area of the parallelogram

Multiple Choice

Find the area of the parallelogram

• $30in^2$

• $57.5in^2$

• $40in^2$

• $50in^2$