STAAR Review 6.8D Area and Volume

The base and height of a parallelogram must be...

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  opposite

• perpendicular (at a right angle)

• parallel (at a wrong angle)

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  a dashed line

What is the error?

• Area requires to divide by the base.

• Do not multiply area by 1/2.

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  The base is not 14 units.

• The height is not 11 units.

What is the area of this shape?

• 32.94 square centimeters

• 35.94 square centimeters

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  30.4 square centimeters

• 
  11.5 square centimeters

Find the Area of this shape:

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  84 m²

• 
  168 m²

• 
  112 m²

• 56 m²

Find the area of this triangle.

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  150 ft²

• 100 ft²

• 50 ft²

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  35 ft²

What is the area of the triangle?

• 14.7 in²

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  14.7 cm²

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  28 cm²

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  28 in²

If the area of a triangle is 48 cm² and the base of the triangle is 12 cm, what is the height of the triangle?

Hint: sketch the triangle out.

• 4 cm

• 
  36 cm

• 
  60 cm

• 8 cm

If a rectangle has an area of 30 square units and a height of 6 units, how many units is the base of the rectangle?

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  5 units

• 6 units

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  3 units

• 4 units

Which is the correct area formula for Trapezoids?

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In a trapezoid, the bases are always_________.

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  congruent

• parallel

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  perpendicular