Area of Parallelograms

The base and height of a parallelogram must be...

• opposite

• at a right angle

• parallel

• a dashed line

Find the area of the figure.

• 10 cm²
• 24 cm²
• 12 cm²
• 20 cm²

Find the area of the parallelogram.

• 12 units²
• 10 units²
• 13 units²
• 6 units²

What is the area?

• 28 square units
• 35 square units
• 20 square units
• 16 square units

What is the area?

• 56 square cm
• 28 square cm
• 32 square cm
• 19 square cm

If the area for this parallelogram is 21 square units, what is the height? (That would be the missing number in this equation: 7 x ? = 21)

• 4

• 14

• 7

• 3

If the area for this parallelogram is 45 square inches, what is the base? That would be the missing number in this equation: 45 = ? x 5)

• 40 inches

• 7 inches

• 8 inches

• 9 inches

What is the formula to find the AREA of any parallelogram?

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