9c Area Trapeziod as a Parallelogram - 4Q

A trapezoid is a quadrilateral with one pair of ___________________ sides

When the top half of the trapezoid (or trapezium) is rotated until it is next to the bottom half, we will get _________.

• a rhombus

• a rectangle

• a parallelogram

What is the base of this thin-long parallelogram?

• b

• (a + b)

• ½(a + b)

• ½(a + b)h 

What are the dimensions (i.e., length and width) of this parallelogram?

• b and h

• b and ½h

• (a + b) and h

• (a + b) and ½h

The area of this parallelogram is ______.

• (a + b)h

• ½(a + b)h

• 2(a + b)h