Sunday, 12 June 2011

Formulae for Finding the Area of the Rectangle, Triangle, Parallelogram and Trapezium

The Rectangle
Area = 4 x 3

3 4

Area = 12 square units Area = 12 units2

Height Base Area = Base x Height A = BH

From Rectangles to Triangles

Height Base Base

Notice that a rectangle contains 2 triangles

Area = Base x Height 2 A = BH 2 (or) BH

Triangle
Height

Base

Base
Area = Base X Height 2

Height A = BH/2 (OR) is12cm Base is A = 8 X 12 2 8 cm

BH

A = 48 cm2

Parallelogram
Height Base Area = Base x Height A = BH

Height

Base

Trapezium b a c Area = a x (b + c) 2