Geometry Unit 7 - Area
7-1, Area of Squares, Rectangles and Parallelograms
Defn: Area –
Area of a Square:
Ex 1: Given a square with the following sides, find the area of each square.
a) b) c)
Area of a Rectangle:
Ex 2: Given a rectangle with the following sides, find the area of each rectangle.
a) b)
Area of a Parallelogram:
Cut along the height and detach Attach on opposite side of parallelogram We end up with a rectangle.
Ex 3: Given a parallelogram with the following values, find the area of each parallelogram.
a) Base of 8 and height of 3 b) Base of 10 and height of 4
3
8
Ex 4: Given a parallelogram with the following sides, find the area of each parallelogram.
a ) b)
h
Answers,
Notes 9-1 1.
a) 16
b)
144
c)
s2
2.
a)
36
b)
12x 3.
a)
24 b)
40 4.
a) 48
b)
60
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