Area Adventures: Triangles and Trapezoids for Grade 8

A triangular garden has a base of 10 meters and a height of 5 meters. What is the area of the garden?

• 25 square meters

• 15 square meters

• 30 square meters

• 20 square meters

A trapezoidal park has bases of 12 meters and 8 meters, with a height of 4 meters. Calculate the area of the park.

• 24 square meters

• 40 square meters

• 50 square meters

• 32 square meters

A parallelogram has a base of 15 meters and a height of 6 meters. What is the area of the parallelogram?

• 75 square meters

• 120 square meters

• 90 square meters

• 45 square meters

A triangular roof has a base of 20 feet and a height of 10 feet. What is the area of the roof?

• 50 square feet

• 200 square feet

• 150 square feet

• 100 square feet

A trapezoid has an area of 50 square meters, with one base measuring 10 meters and the other base measuring 6 meters. What is the height of the trapezoid?

• 8 meters

• 5 meters

• 7.5 meters

• 6.25 meters

A triangular piece of land has sides measuring 7 meters, 8 meters, and 9 meters. Use Heron's formula to find the area of the triangle.

• 26.83 square meters

• 22.10 square meters

• 24.50 square meters

• 30.00 square meters

A parallelogram has an area of 72 square meters and a base of 12 meters. What is the height of the parallelogram?

• 4 meters

• 8 meters

• 10 meters

• 6 meters

A triangular flag has a base of 4 feet and a height of 3 feet. What is the area of the flag?

• 6 square feet

• 12 square feet

• 10 square feet

• 8 square feet

A trapezoidal swimming pool has a top base of 15 meters, a bottom base of 10 meters, and a height of 5 meters. Calculate the area of the pool.

• 50 square meters

• 70 square meters

• 40 square meters

• 62.5 square meters

A triangular field has a base of 14 meters and a height of 9 meters. What is the area of the field?

• 45 square meters

• 72 square meters

• 63 square meters

• 56 square meters