Area of Quadrilaterals and Triangles

Which formula do you use to find the area of a triangle?

• A=bh

Which formula do you use to find the area of a parallelogram?

• A=bh

Which formula do you use to find the area of a rectangle?

• A=bh

Which formula do you use to find the area of a trapezoid?

• A=bh

True or false: You find the area of EVERY quadrilateral the same way.

• TRUE

• FALSE

True or false: The area of a triangle is half of the area of a rectangle.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What is the area of a triangle with a base of 10 units and a height of 5 units?

• 15 square units

• 50 square units

• 25 square units

• 5 square units

What is the area of a square with a side length of 8 units?

• 16 square units

• 32 square units

• 64 square units

• 8 square units

True or false: The area of a parallelogram is the same as the area of a rectangle if they have the same base and height.

• TRUE

• FALSE

If a trapezoid has bases of 8 units and 5 units, and a height of 4 units, what is its area?

• 26 square units

• 52 square units

• 13 square units

• 32 square units