Area of Rectangles and Parallelograms

Area of Rectangles and Parallelograms

I can find the area of a rectangle

I can find the area of a parallelogram

Poll

How do you find the area of a shape?

• A=b*h

• A=l*w

• A=l+w

• A=b+h+b+h

• A=l+w+l+w

Area of a Rectangle

• A=l*w or A=b*h

• 1. Write the formula

• 2. Plug in any values that you are given.

• 3. Solve the problem

What if we aren't given the length or width?

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What is the answer to #3?

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What is the answer to #4?

Area of a Parallelogram

• A=b*h

• 1. Write down the formula

• 2. Plug in the values

• 3. Solve the problem

Which number is the height?

What happens when we aren't given the height?

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What is the answer to #2?

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What is the answer to #4?

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