Calculating the Area of Shapes

What is the unit of measurement for area?

• Cubic meters

• Kilometers

• Meters

• Square meters

How do you calculate the area of a rectangle?

• Length times width

• Side squared

• Base times height

• One half base times height

What is the formula for the area of a parallelogram?

• Length times width

• Base times height

• Side squared

• One half base times height

How is the area of a triangle calculated?

• Length times width

• One half base times height

• Base times height

• Base plus height

What is the formula for the area of a trapezoid?

• Base times height

• One half the height times the sum of the bases

• Length times width

• Side squared

How can you find the area of an irregular shape?

• By using the perimeter

• By measuring the longest side

• By breaking it into simpler shapes

• By estimating the area

What is the formula for the area of a circle?

• Pi times radius

• Two pi times radius

• Pi times radius squared

• Pi times diameter squared