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7.03 Area of special quadrilaterals

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If this parallelogram is cut along the dotted line, the pieces can be rearranged to form a rectangle:

a

Complete the table to find the area of the rectangle.

$\text{Area of rectangle }$Area of rectangle $=$= $\text{length }\times\text{width }$length ×width cm2
$A$A $=$= $\editable{}\times\editable{}$× cm2 (Fill in the values for the length and width)
$A$A $=$= $\editable{}$ cm2 (Complete the multiplication to find the area)
b

Now find the area of the parallelogram.

Easy
1min

Consider the following parallelogram.

Easy
1min

By rearranging the parallelogram into a rectangle, find its area.

Easy
1min

Complete the table to find the area of the parallelogram shown.

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< 1min
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6.G.A.1

Find area of right triangles, other triangles, special quadrilaterals, and polygons by composing into rectangles or decomposing into triangles and other shapes; apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.

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