High School Math : How to find the area of a parallelogram in pre-algebra

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Example Question #1 :How To Find The Area Of A Parallelogram In Pre Algebra

What is the area of a parallelogram with a base ofand a height of?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

What is the area of a parallelogram with a base ofand a height of?

To solve this question you must know the formula for the area of a parallelogram.

The formula is

So we can plug in the side length for both base and height to yield

Perform the multiplication to arrive at the answer of.

Example Question #2 :How To Find The Area Of A Parallelogram In Pre Algebra

What is the area of a parallelogram with a base ofand a height of?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve this question you must know the formula for the area of a parallelogram.

The formula is.

So we can plug in the side length for both base and height to yield

Perform the multiplication to arrive at the answer of.

Example Question #3 :How To Find The Area Of A Parallelogram In Pre Algebra

What is the area of a parallelogram with a base ofand a height of?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the are of a parallelogram, use the equation:

Substitute the given values for base and height into the formula:

Example Question #4 :How To Find The Area Of A Parallelogram In Pre Algebra

Find the area of a parallelogram with a height of 15 inches and a base of 10 inches.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for the area of a parallelogram is base times height, or.

A = b * h = 10 * 15 = 150

Example Question #1 :How To Find The Area Of A Parallelogram In Pre Algebra

What is the area of a parallelogram with a base ofand a height of?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

, where B is the base and H is the height.

Plug in the given values:

Example Question #6 :How To Find The Area Of A Parallelogram In Pre Algebra

A parallelogram has a base which isfeet long and another side offeet. The height of the parallelogram isfeet. What is the area of the parallelogram?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for the area of a parallelogram is:

We know that that base of this parallelogram isfeet and the height isfeet. Thus, by this formula we have that:

feet squared.

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