Area of 2- D Shapes

To calculate the area of any shape, if you have squares inside the shape you can simply count the number of squares as area is the space inside a shape

Example:

Finding the area of a Rectangle (or Square)

If we don't have squares to count we have to find the area of different shapes using different formulas.

To find the area of square or rectangle we do length x width

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Area of Triangles:

To find the area of a triangle we must use a different formula

Area of a parallelogram

The area of a parallelogram is similar to finding the area of a rectangle, but again we must be careful with the height and make sure we use the height that is perpendicular to the base (Or the straight vertical line from the base)