Week 22 - Lesson 2: Area of trapezoid

What is the area of a trapezoid with bases 8 cm and 5 cm, and height 4 cm?

• 30 cm²

• 20 cm²

• 26 cm²

• 15 cm²

Calculate the area of a trapezoid with bases 12 m and 8 m, and height 5 m.

• 50 m²

• 60 m²

• 40 m²

• 30 m²

A trapezoid has bases of 7 inches and 3 inches, and a height of 6 inches. What is its area?

• 18 square inches

• 24 square inches

• 30 square inches

• 36 square inches

If the area of a trapezoid is 50 square feet and the bases are 10 feet and 6 feet, what is the height?

• 6.25 feet

• 8 feet

• 7 feet

• 5 feet

Estimate the area of a trapezoid with bases of 9 cm and 3 cm, and height of 2 cm by rounding the dimensions to the nearest whole number.

• 15 cm²

• 12 cm²

• 10 cm²

• 8 cm²

Compare the area of a trapezoid (with bases 4m and 10m, and height 3m) to a rectangle (with length 10m and width 3m). Which has a larger area?

• Both shapes have the same area.

• The trapezoid has a smaller area.

• The trapezoid has a larger area.

• The rectangle has a larger area.

A trapezoid has an area of 36 square units. If one base is 6 units, the other base is 4 units. What is the height ?

• 5.0

• 7.2

• 8.0

• 9.6

What is the area of a trapezoid with bases of 15 cm and 5 cm, and a height of 10 cm?

• 50 cm²

• 100 cm²

• 120 cm²

• 80 cm²

Identify the height of a trapezoid if the area is 80 square meters, and the bases are 12 meters and 8 meters.

• 8 meters

• 10 meters

• 6 meters

• 12 meters

A word problem states that a trapezoid has bases of 14 cm and 6 cm, and a height of 5 cm. What is the area?

• 50 cm²

• 30 cm²

• 60 cm²

• 40 cm²