Area Adventures: Solving Shape Word Problems in 6th Grade

A parallelogram has a base of 10 cm and a height of 5 cm. What is its area?

• 40 cm²

• 30 cm²

• 60 cm²

• 50 cm²

A triangle has a base of 8 m and a height of 6 m. Calculate the area of the triangle.

• 12 m²

• 24 m²

• 30 m²

• 18 m²

If a parallelogram's area is 48 square meters and its base is 12 meters, what is the height?

• 6 meters

• 3 meters

• 5 meters

• 4 meters

A triangular garden has a base of 15 feet and a height of 10 feet. What is the area of the garden?

• 150 square feet

• 75 square feet

• 100 square feet

• 50 square feet

A parallelogram has an area of 60 square inches and a height of 5 inches. What is the length of the base?

• 8 inches

• 12 inches

• 15 inches

• 10 inches

A triangle has an area of 24 square yards and a base of 6 yards. What is the height of the triangle?

• 12 yards

• 10 yards

• 8 yards

• 5 yards

If a parallelogram's base is 14 cm and its area is 112 square cm, what is the height?

• 10 cm

• 12 cm

• 6 cm

• 8 cm

A triangular roof has a base of 20 feet and an area of 100 square feet. What is the height of the roof?

• 15 feet

• 5 feet

• 25 feet

• 10 feet

A parallelogram has a base of 9 m and a height of 4 m. What is the area of the parallelogram?

• 45 m²

• 36 m

• 36 m²

• 24 m²

A triangle has a base of 12 cm and an area of 36 square cm. What is the height of the triangle?

• 8 cm

• 6 cm

• 10 cm

• 4 cm