Area and Graphs of Parallelograms: A 6th Grade Quiz

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

• 50 cm²

• 40 cm²

• 30 cm²

• 60 cm²

If a parallelogram has an area of 48 square meters and a base of 8 meters, what is its height?

• 10 meters

• 4 meters

• 8 meters

• 6 meters

A garden is shaped like a parallelogram with a base of 12 feet and a height of 4 feet. How much area does the garden cover?

• 48 square feet

• 60 square feet

• 36 square feet

• 24 square feet

You need to paint a parallelogram-shaped wall that is 15 feet long and 6 feet high. How many square feet will you need to paint?

• 90 square feet

• 80 square feet

• 100 square feet

• 75 square feet

A parallelogram is graphed on a coordinate plane with vertices at (1, 2), (5, 2), (4, 5), and (0, 5). What is the area of this parallelogram?

• 15

• 8

• 10

• 12

A parallelogram has a base of 14 inches and a height of 3 inches. If you double the height, what will be the new area?

• 42 square inches

• 70 square inches

• 56 square inches

• 84 square inches

In a parallelogram, if the area is 60 square units and the base is 10 units, what is the height?

• 5 units

• 8 units

• 7 units

• 6 units

A parallelogram is formed by connecting points A(2, 3), B(6, 3), C(5, 7), and D(1, 7) on a coordinate plane. Calculate the area of the parallelogram.

• 16

• 10

• 20

• 12

If a parallelogram has an area of 100 square meters and a height of 10 meters, what is the length of the base?

• 15 meters

• 10 meters

• 20 meters

• 5 meters

A rectangular park has a parallelogram section with a base of 20 meters and a height of 10 meters. What is the area of the parallelogram section in the park?

• 100 square meters

• 150 square meters

• 250 square meters

• 200 square meters