Parallelogram Area Practice

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📐 Part 1: Finding Area

Remember: Area of a parallelogram = base × height

1. A parallelogram has a base of 12 inches and a height of 8 inches. What is its area?

Area = _______ square inches

2. Find the area of a parallelogram with base = 15 feet and height = 6 feet.

Area = _______ square feet

3. A garden shaped like a parallelogram has a base of 20 feet and a height of 14 feet. What is the area of the garden?

Area = _______ square feet

4. Calculate the area: base = 9.5 inches, height = 4 inches

Area = _______ square inches

Remember: If Area = base × height, then height = Area ÷ base and base = Area ÷ height

5. A parallelogram has an area of 72 square centimeters and a base of 9 centimeters. What is its height?

Height = _______ centimeters

6. The area of a parallelogram is 84 square inches. If the height is 7 inches, find the base.

Base = _______ inches

7. A parking lot shaped like a parallelogram has an area of 240 square feet. If the base is 16 feet, what is the height?

Height = _______ feet

8. Find the missing base: Area = 45 square meters, height = 5 meters

Base = _______ meters

9. Which measurement represents the HEIGHT of a parallelogram when calculating area?

The slanted side of the parallelogram

The perpendicular distance between parallel sides

The longest side of the parallelogram

Any side of the parallelogram

10. A parallelogram has an area of 56 square inches and a height of 8 inches. If you double the base, what would be the new area?

New area = _______ square inches

11. Explain in your own words why we use the height (not the slanted side) when calculating the area of a parallelogram.