Areas of Polygons for 7th Grade - Examples, Exercises and Solutions

We use the formula (base+base) multiplied by the height and divided by 2.

Note that we are only provided with one base and it is not possible to determine the size of the other base.

Therefore, the area cannot be calculated.

Due to the fact that AB is perpendicular to BC and forms a 90-degree angle,

it can be argued that AB is the height of the triangle.

Hence we can calculate the area as follows:

$\frac{AB\times BC}{2}=\frac{8\times6}{2}=\frac{48}{2}=24$

We know that ABCD is a parallelogram. According to the properties of parallelograms, each pair of opposite sides are equal and parallel.

Therefore: $CD=AB=10$

We will calculate the area of the parallelogram using the formula of side multiplied by the height drawn from that side, so the area of the parallelogram is equal to:

$S_{ABCD}=10\times7=70cm^2$

Let's begin by multiplying side AB by side BC

If we insert the known data into the above equation we should obtain the following:

$10\times2.5=25$

Thus the area of rectangle ABCD equals 25.

The formula to calculate the area of a triangle is:

(side * height corresponding to the side) / 2

Note that in the triangle provided to us, we have the length of the side but not the height.

That is, we do not have enough data to perform the calculation.

Remember that the formula for the area of a rectangle is width times height

We are given that the width of the rectangle is 6

and that the length of the rectangle is 4

 Therefore we calculate:

6*4=24

We begin by multiplying side AB by side BC

We then substitute the given data and we obtain the following:

$4.5\times2=9$

Hence the area of rectangle ABCD equals 9

To calculate the area of the rectangle, we multiply the length by the width:

$15\times3=45$

Let's calculate the area of the rectangle by multiplying the length by the width:

$11\times7=77$

Let's calculate the area of the rectangle by multiplying the length by the width:

$2\times5=10$

We will use the formula to calculate the area of a rectangle: length times width

$9\times6=54$

Let's calculate the area of the rectangle by multiplying the length by the width:

$4\times8=32$

Let's calculate the area of the rectangle by multiplying the length by the width:

$AB\times BC=7\times5=35$

First, we need to remind ourselves of how to work out the area of a trapezoid:



Now let's substitute the given data into the formula:

(10+6)*5 =
2

Let's start with the upper part of the equation:

16*5 = 80

80/2 = 40

The formula for calculating the area of a triangle is:

(the side * the height from the side down to the base) /2

That is:

$\frac{BC\times AE}{2}$

We insert the existing data as shown below:

$\frac{4\times5}{2}=\frac{20}{2}=10$