1. Area of Trapezoids Return to table of contents

2. Area of a Trapezoid ·Cut the trapezoid in half horizontally ·Rotate the top half so it lies next to the bottom half ·A parallelogram is created See the diagrams below Base 1 Base 2 Height Base 1 Base 2

3. The Area (A) of a trapezoid is found by using the formula: Note: The base & height always form a right angle!

4. Example. Find the area of the figure. 12 cm 10 cm11 cm 9 cm click to reveal

5. Try These. Find the area of the figures. 13 ft 11 ft 9 ft 11 ft 20 15 click to reveal 11 ft click to reveal 9117

6. 75Find the area of the trapezoid. 4 m 10 m 6.5 m

7. 76Find the area of the trapezoid. 22 cm 14 cm 8 cm