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Parallelogram Area Practice
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Parallelogram Area Practice
Area of a parallelogram = base × perpendicular height. Use matching units, and write square units in each area answer.
Find the area
Calculate each area.
1.A parallelogram has a base of 13 inches and a perpendicular height of 7 inches. What is its area?
2.Find the area of a parallelogram with a base of 18 feet and a height of 5 feet.
3.A fabric banner is shaped like a parallelogram. Its base measures 11 yards and its perpendicular height is 4 yards. What is the banner's area?
4.A parallelogram has a base of 8.5 centimeters and a height of 6 centimeters. Find its area.
5.A parallelogram has a base of 2.4 meters and a perpendicular height of 1.5 meters. What is its area?
Find a missing measurement
Use area = base × height to find the unknown dimension.
6.A parallelogram has an area of 96 square centimeters and a base of 12 centimeters. What is its height?
7.The area of a parallelogram is 108 square inches, and its height is 9 inches. Find the base.
8.A parallelogram-shaped patio has an area of 195 square feet and a base of 15 feet. What is its perpendicular height?
9.A parallelogram has an area of 63 square meters and a height of 7 meters. What is its base?
Think it through
Check your understanding of parallelogram area.
10.Which measurement should be used as the height when finding a parallelogram's area?
- The length of a slanted side
- The perpendicular distance between the base and the opposite parallel side
- The longest side, no matter its direction
- The distance around the shape
11.A parallelogram has an area of 72 square inches and a height of 6 inches. If its base is doubled while the height stays the same, what is the new area?
12.Match each parallelogram's area and one known dimension to the missing measurement. Write the correct letter beside each item.
- A. Area = 48 square centimeters; base = 8 centimeters. Find the height.
- B. Area = 77 square inches; height = 7 inches. Find the base.
- C. Area = 54 square feet; base = 9 feet. Find the height.
- D. Area = 88 square meters; height = 8 meters. Find the base.
- 3. 6 feet
- 1. 11 inches
- 2. 6 centimeters
- 4. 11 meters
13.Explain why a slanted side is not always the correct height to use in the area formula for a parallelogram.
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