Area of polygons worksheet

Findtheareaoftheshapeswhentheirverticesaregiven.

1 a.

trapezoid with vertices (0, 6), (5, 6), (5, -1), and (-8, -1).
 
 
1 b.

parallelogram with vertices (-8, 3), (1, 3), (1, -10), and (-8, -10).
 
 
2 a.

triangle with vertices (-1, -5), (-1, -7), and (3, -5).
 
 
2 b.

trapezoid with vertices (-2, 6), (9, 6), (9, -5), and (-2, -5).
 
 
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Answer Key

1 a. 

The area is 63 square units.

 
1 b. 

The area is 117 square units.

 
2 a. 

The area is 4 square units.

 
2 b. 

The area is 121 square units.

 


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