Notes 4-4: Area of Quadrilaterals, Triangles, & Composite Figures

AREA measures the number of square units in the interior of a figure.

Rectangles:

A=

EXAMPLES: Identify/find the indicated values for each figure.

1) Area = _________

2) Length = ______

Width = _______

Area = _________

SQUARES

Since all four sides of a square are _________________, you can find the area by:

A=

3) A square with a diagonal of 6 2

Length = __________
Width = __________
Area = __________
 PARALLELOGRAMS
Area of a Parallelogram =

EXAMPLES: Identify/find the indicated measures.

4)

5) If the area of a parallelogram is 456 cm2 and the base is 24 cm. Find the height.

Height = _______

Triangles
Area of a Triangle =

EXAMPLES: Find each of the indicated measures.

Base = __________
6)
Height = __________
Area = __________

7) Base = __________
Height = __________
Area = __________
8)

KITES & RHOMBI

A=

d1= __________
9)
d2= __________
Area = __________

10) d1 = ________

d2 = ________

Area = _______

TRAPEZOID

A=

EXAMPLES: Identify/find the indicated measures.

11)
COMPOSITE FIGURES

EXAMPLE 12: Find the area of the figure below.

4
5
A = _______________
6

6
5
4

EXAMPLE 13: Find the area of the shaded.

A = _______________

EXAMPLE 14: Find the area of the non-shaded part of the rectangle.

30 m

15 m
10 m

12 m