Quiz 1: Area & Parallelograms

What is area?

• The distance around a shape

• The amount of square units outside of a shape

• The amount of square units inside of a shape

• A measure that only has to do with rectangles and squares

The area of this shape is 24 square units. Which of these statements is true about the area? Select all that apply.

• The area can be found by counting the number of squares that touch the edge of the shape.

• It takes 24 grid squares to cover the shape without gaps and overlaps.

• The area can be found by multiplying the side lengths that are 6 units and 4 units.

• The area can be found by counting the grid squares inside the shape.

• The area can be found by adding 4 x 3 and 6 x 2.

Find the area of the SHADED region.

• 40

• 18

• 26

• 34

Find the area of the following figure.

• 32

• 40

• 64

• 21

Select all of the parallelograms.

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

Select all parallelograms that have a correct height labeled for the given base.

FYI: On "A," the base and height are perpendicular to each other.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which of the following parallelograms have the same area?

• A & B

• B & C

• A & C

• All of their areas are different

What is the area of the parallelogram?

• 24

• 32

• 12

• 36

If the side that is 6 units long is the base of this parallelogram, what is its corresponding height?

• 6 units

• 4.8 units

• 4 units

• 5 units

What is the area of this parallelogram?

• 154

• 112

• 50

• 92