Area of polygons worksheet

Findtheareaoftheshapeswhentheirverticesaregiven.

1 a.

triangle with vertices (35, -33), (35, -8), and (15, -33).
 
 
1 b.

trapezoid with vertices (-5, 5), (24, 5), (26, -35), and (-27, -35).
 
 
2 a.

trapezoid with vertices (-44, 31), (20, 42), (20, -6), and (-44, -37).
 
 
2 b.

parallelogram with vertices (-29, 37), (42, 37), (44, -10), and (-27, -10).
 
 
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Answer Key

1 a. 

The area is 250 square units.

 
1 b. 

The area is 1640 square units.

 
2 a. 

The area is 3712 square units.

 
2 b. 

The area is 3337 square units.

 


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