Area of Triangles and Special Quadrilaterals

Which is the correct formula to find the area of a parallelogram?

• $A=bh$

• $A=\frac{1}{2}bh$ or $A=\frac{bh}{2}$

A trapezoid can be decomposed into which shapes?

• kite

• parallelogram

• rectangle

• triangle(s)

Which formula would you use to find the area of the following shape?

• $A=bh$

• $A=\frac{1}{2}bh$

Which formula would you use to find the area of the following shape?

• $A=bh$

• $A=\frac{1}{2}bh$

What are the correct units when finding the area of any shape?

• $un$

• $un^2$

• $un^3$

What are the correct units of the base and height of any shape?

• $un$

• $un^2$

• $un^3$

What is the area of the given shape?

What is the area of the given shape?

What is the area of the given shape?

• $15\ un^2$

• $15\ un$

• $7.5\ un^2$

• $7.5\ un$

What is the equation used to find the value of the base of this triangle?

• $40=b\cdot8$

• $40=\frac{1}{2}\cdot b\cdot8$

• $A=\frac{1}{2}\cdot40\cdot8$