Year 9 Interactive Maths - Second Edition

Area of Other Figures

Area of a Parallelogram

A parallelogram is a quadrilateral that has two pairs of parallel sides of equal length.

Recall that:

Example 12

Find the area of the following parallelogram.

Solution:

So, the area of the parallelogram is 360 cm².

Remember:

• A parallelogram is a quadrilateral that has two pairs of parallel sides of equal length.
• The area of the parallelogram is given by the following formula where b is the length of the base of the parallelogram and h is its perpendicular height.