Area of a Parallelogram

What kind of quadrilateral is the shape shown here?

The matching arrow labels indicate that two opposite sides are parallel.

• Parallelogram

• Triangle

• Rectangle

• Square

What does area mean?

• the distance around a shape

• half the distance around a shape

• the amount of space outside a shape

• the amount of space inside a shape

Find the area of the figure.

• 10 cm²

• 24 cm²

• 12 cm²

• 20 cm²

What is the base of the parallelogram?

• 14

• 5

• 4

• 22

What is the height of the parallelogram?

• 5

• 7

• 12

• 6

What is the base of the parallelogram?

• 5

• 7

• 12

• 6

What is the height of this parallelogram?

• 11

• 9

• 20

• 7

Find the area of this parallelogram

• 64m²

• 80m²

• 32m²

• 64cm²

Find the area of this parallelogram

• 38.5cm²

• 63cm²

• 99cm²

• 77cm²

Find the area of this parallelogram

• 35m²

• 42m²

• 210m²

• 30m²