Area Formulas

Rectangle
 Rectangle

What is the area formula?

 Rectangle

What is the area formula? bh

 Rectangle

What is the area formula? bh

What other shape has 4 right
angles?
 Rectangle

What is the area formula? bh

What other shape has 4 right Square!
angles?
 Rectangle

What is the area formula? bh

What other shape has 4 right Square!
angles?

Can we use the same

area formula?
 Rectangle

What is the area formula? bh

What other shape has 4 right Square!
angles?

Can we use the same

Yes
area formula?
 Practice!
17m
Rectangle 10m

Square
14cm
 Answers
17m
Rectangle 10m
170 m2

Square 196 cm2

14cm
So then what happens if we
cut a rectangle in half?
What shape is made?
 Triangle
So then what happens if we
cut a rectangle in half?
What shape is made?
 Triangle
So then what happens if we
cut a rectangle in half?
What shape is made?
2 Triangles
 Triangle
So then what happens if we
cut a rectangle in half?
What shape is made?
2 Triangles

So then what happens to

the formula?
 Triangle
So then what happens if we
cut a rectangle in half?
What shape is made?
2 Triangles

So then what happens to

the formula?
 Triangle
So then what happens if we
cut a rectangle in half?
What shape is made?
2 Triangles
bh
So then what happens to
the formula?
 Triangle
So then what happens if we
cut a rectangle in half?
What shape is made?
2 Triangles
bh
2
So then what happens to
the formula?
 Practice!
Triangle 14 ft
5 ft
 Answers
Triangle 14 ft 35 ft2
5 ft
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 Parallelogram
Let’s look at a
parallelogram.
 Parallelogram
Let’s look at a
parallelogram.

What happens if we slice

off the slanted parts on the
ends?
 Parallelogram
Let’s look at a
parallelogram.

What happens if we slice

off the slanted parts on the
ends?
 Parallelogram
Let’s look at a
parallelogram.

What happens if we slice

off the slanted parts on the
ends?
 Parallelogram
Let’s look at a
parallelogram.

What happens if we slice

off the slanted parts on the
ends?
 Parallelogram
Let’s look at a
parallelogram.

What happens if we slice

off the slanted parts on the
ends?
 Parallelogram
Let’s look at a
parallelogram.

What happens if we slice

off the slanted parts on the
ends?
 Parallelogram
Let’s look at a
parallelogram.

What happens if we slice

off the slanted parts on the
ends?
 Parallelogram
Let’s look at a
parallelogram.

What happens if we slice

off the slanted parts on the
ends?
 Parallelogram
Let’s look at a
parallelogram.

What happens if we slice

off the slanted parts on the
ends?
 Parallelogram
Let’s look at a
parallelogram.

What happens if we slice

off the slanted parts on the
ends?
 Parallelogram
Let’s look at a
parallelogram.

What happens if we slice

off the slanted parts on the
ends?
What will the area formula
be now that it is a
rectangle?
 Parallelogram
Let’s look at a
parallelogram.

What happens if we slice

off the slanted parts on the
ends?
What will the area formula
be now that it is a bh
rectangle?
 Parallelogram
Be careful though! The
height has to be
perpendicular from the
base, just like the side of bh
a rectangle!
 Parallelogram
Be careful though! The
height has to be
perpendicular from the
base, just like the side of bh
a rectangle!
 Parallelogram
Be careful though! The
height has to be
perpendicular from the
base, just like the side of bh
a rectangle!
 Rhombus
The rhombus is just a
parallelogram with all
equal sides! So it also
has bh for an area bh
formula.
 Practice!
9 in
Parallelogram
3 in

Rhombus 2.7 cm

4 cm
 Answers
9 in
Parallelogram 27 in2
3 in

Rhombus 2.7 cm 10.8 cm2

4 cm
Let’s try something new
with the parallelogram.
Let’s try something new
with the parallelogram.
Earlier, you saw that you
could use two trapezoids to
make a parallelogram.
Let’s try something new
with the parallelogram.
Earlier, you saw that you
could use two trapezoids to
make a parallelogram.
Let’s try to figure out the
formula since we now
know the area formula for a
parallelogram.
Trapezoid
Trapezoid
 Trapezoid
So we see that
we are
dividing the
parallelogram
in half. What
will that do to
the formula?
 Trapezoid
So we see that
we are
dividing the
parallelogram
in half. What
will that do to bh
the formula?
 Trapezoid
So we see that
we are
dividing the
parallelogram
in half. What
will that do to bh
the formula? 2
 Trapezoid
But now there
is a problem.
What is wrong
with the base?

bh
2
 Trapezoid
So we need to account
for the split base, by
calling the top base,
base 1, and the bottom
base, base 2. By
adding them together,
we get the original base bh
2
from the parallelogram.
The heights are the
same, so no problem
there.
 Trapezoid
So we need to account
for the split base, by
calling the top base, base 2 base 1

base 1, and the bottom

base, base 2. By base 1 base 2

adding them together,

we get the original base (b1 + b2)h
2
from the parallelogram.
The heights are the
same, so no problem
there.
 Practice!
3m
Trapezoid
5m
11 m
 Answers
3m
Trapezoid 35 m2
5m
11 m
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So there is just one
more left!
 So there is just one
more left!

Let’s go back to the

triangle.
A few weeks ago
you learned that by
reflecting a triangle,
you can make a kite.
 Kite
So there is just one
more left!

Let’s go back to the

triangle.
A few weeks ago
you learned that by
reflecting a triangle,
you can make a kite.
 Kite
Now we have to
determine the
formula. What is
the area of a triangle
formula again?
 Kite
Now we have to
determine the
formula. What is
the area of a triangle
formula again?
bh
2
 Kite
Now we have to
determine the
formula. What is
the area of a triangle
formula again?
bh
2
Fill in the blank. A
kite is made up of
____ triangles.
 Kite
Now we have to
determine the
formula. What is
the area of a triangle
formula again?
bh
2
Fill in the blank. A So it seems we
kite is made up of should multiply the
____ triangles. formula by 2.
 Kite
bh *2 = bh
2
 Kite
bh *2 = bh
2

Now we have a different problem. What is

the base and height of a kite? The green
line is called the symmetry line, and the red
line is half the other diagonal.
 Kite
Let’s use kite
vocabulary instead to
create our formula.

Symmetry Line*Half the Other Diagonal

 Practice!
Kite
2 ft
10 ft
 Answers
Kite 20 ft2
2 ft
10 ft
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Symmetry Line * Half the Other Diagonal

 Final Summary
Make sure all your formulas are written down!

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Symmetry Line * Half the Other Diagonal