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2 Area of a parallelogram and trapezium

4.1
1 Write a formula connecting the area of a
parallelogram (A), its base length (b) and
its perpendicular height (h).

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2 Work out the area of each parallelogram.

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3 Write a formula connecting the area of a

trapezium (A), its parallel sides lengths (a and b) and
its perpendicular height (h).
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4 Work out the area of each trapezium.

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 2.2 Area of a parallelogram and trapezium
4.1
1 Work out the area of each parallelogram by counting the squares.

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2 Work out the area of each parallelogram.

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3 The parallelogram is divided into two identical trapeziums.

Work out the area of the parallelogram and the shaded trapezium.

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 2.2 Area of a parallelogram and trapezium
4.1
Core
1 A = bh
2 a 60 cm2 b 1300 mm2
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3 a A= (a + b) h
2
4 a 30 cm2 b 486 mm2 c 234 cm2

Depth
1 a 6 cm b 12.8 cm

2 14 × 6 = 84 cm2 and 7 × 12 = 84 cm2

3 a 45 cm2 b 270 cm2

4 3 cm

5 a x = 6 cm b x = 9.5 cm
Support
1 a 10 cm2 b 12 cm2

2 a 18 cm2 b 28 cm2 c 40 cm2

3 Area of parallelogram = 40 cm2, area of trapezium = 20 cm2

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