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Area of a Triangle

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the 2 formulas for the area of a triangle?

a)

A=b⋅h2A=\frac{b\cdot h}{2}

b)

A=3bh

c)

A=b⋅h⋅12A=b\cdot h\cdot\frac{1}{2}

d)

A=2hb

2.

What does b stand for?

a)

bubbles

b)

bottom

c)

buttercup

d)

base

3.

What does h stand for?

a)

hugs

b)

hippos

c)

hypnotize

d)

height

4.

Why do we multiply by  12\frac{1}{2}  or divide by 2?

a)

Because we want to

b)

To make it harder

c)

To confuse more people

d)

Because a triangle is equivalent to half of a rectangle

5.

True or False: We can use either equation and get the same answer

a)

True, the equations get us the same answer either way

b)

False, they get 2 different answers

6.

Find the area of this triangle

a)

70 m

b)

702

c)

70 m2

d)

140

7.

Find the area of this triangle

a)

48 units2

b)

12 units2

c)

16 square units

d)

24 units2

8.

Find the area of this triangle

a)

60 cm

b)

120 m2

c)

30 units2

d)

17 square units

9.

Find the area of this triangle

a)

40 square units

b)

20 m2

c)

I cant answer from the info in this picture

d)

35 units2

10.

Find the area of this triangle

a)

6 cm2

b)

40 cm2

c)

12 square cm

d)

20 cm2

11.

Find the area of this triangle

a)

88

b)

44 cm2

c)

88 square cm

d)

27 cm2

12.

A triangle has a base of 5 cm and a height of 2 cm. What is the are?

a)

10

b)

10 cm

c)

5 square cm

d)

7 cm2

13.

A triangle has a height of 9 units and a base of 8 units. What is the area?

a)

72 units2

b)

36 cm2

c)

32 units2

d)

36 units2

14.

A triangle has a base of 15 m and a height of 4 m. What is the area?

a)

30 m2

b)

60 m2

c)

15m2

d)

12m2

15.

A triangle has a base of 20 feet and a height of 10 feet. What is the area?

a)

200 feet

b)

150 ft2

c)

100 square feet

d)

400 square feet