Area of parallelograms from base and height worksheets

What is on this worksheet

Slanted parallelograms are drawn with the base and the height marked by a dashed line, and students multiply to find the area.

• Shapes: Parallelograms

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About area of triangles, parallelograms and trapezoids

Each shape is drawn to scale with its base or bases labeled and the height shown as a dashed line with a right-angle mark, so students pick the height and ignore the slanted side. Triangles may lean, with the height inside the base, and every area is a whole number.

Choose one shape or a mix, and the units. The solved example shows the formula with the numbers put in, and the answer key writes every area.

Printing

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