2. Finding the Area of Shapes 8 th Grade Mathematics Megan Naughton

3. Click on a shape to learn how to calculate it’s area: SquareCircleParallelogram Trapezoid RectangleEllipse Rhombus Triangle Area is the size of a surface. It is the amount of space inside the boundary of a flat, 2- dimensional, object. Review Question

4. Squares s s

5. Circles r

6. Parallelograms h b

7. Trapezoids h b1 b2

8. Triangles b h

9. Rhombuses b h

10. Ellipses b a

11. Rectangles

12. Review Question Find the area of this cookie using pi = 3.14. The radius of the cookie is 1.5 inches. Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

13. That area is too small. Go back and try again! Back to Question

14. That area is too large. Go back and try again!

15. Click to Continue

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