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Get ready for 7th grade

Unit 5: Lesson 2

Area of parallelograms and triangles
Math
Get ready for 7th grade
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Area of parallelograms and triangles
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Area of parallelograms

CCSS.Math: 6.G.A.1
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Problem

Look at the image below.
Find the area of the parallelogram.
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3, slash, 5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7, slash, 4
  • a mixed number, like 1, space, 3, slash, 4
  • an exact decimal, like 0, point, 75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12, space, start text, p, i, end text or 2, slash, 3, space, start text, p, i, end text
square units
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