Modified In-School Off-School Approach Modules (MISOSA)

Distance Education for Elementary Schools

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 AREA OF PARALLELOGRAM

Objective: Find the area of a parallelogram in square metres/centimetres

Review

The formula for the area and perimeter of rectangles and squares are shown
below.

Rectangle Square
A = lw w A = s2 s
P = 2(l + w) P = 4s
l

a. What do l and w represent? What does s represent?

7 cm

b. Find the area and perimeter of the rectangle. 4 cm

c. Find the area and perimeter of the square. 4 cm

Study and Learn

A. Look at the parallelogram below. If you draw a perpendicular segment

from one vertex to the opposite side what figures are formed?

right triangles
and trapezoid

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 B. If you cut along the perpendicular segment and rearrange the two figures
as shown, what new figure is formed?

rectangle

c. How many units long are the base length (b) and the height (h) of the
original parallelogram?

b = 12
h=6 h

How are b and h related to the length and width of the rectangle that was
formed?

b=l
h=w

The parallelogram and rectangle occupy the same amount of space. The
area is 72 square units.

d. The formula for the area of a parallelogram is the same as the formula for the
area of a rectangle.

Area of Parallelogram = b x h
12 x 6 = 72 sq. units

e. Let us find the area of the parallelogram using the formula.

A = bh
= 20 x 10 10 cm
= 200
20 cm
The area is 200 sq. cm.

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 Try These

Find the area.

1. 2.

3.

4.5 cm

9 cm

Wrap Up

Area of Parallelogram = bh

where b = base
h = height

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 On Your Own

Find the area of the parallelogram with the following dimensions.

1) b = 9 m 2) b = 11 cm 3) b = 8 m
h = 15 m h = 23 cm h = 16 m
A = ____ A = ____ A = ____

4) b = 7 m 5) b = 5 cm
h = 14 m h = 15 cm
A = ____ A = ____

Check your answer with the answer key.

If you get…

4-5 Excellent! You may now proceed to the next lesson.

3 You need to review the processes you missed.

0-2 You need to repeat the whole process. Ask your teacher or elder to
help you.

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Key to Correction
AREA OF PARALLELOGRAM

REVIEW

a. l represents the length of the rectangle.

w represents the width of the rectangle.
S represents one of the sides of a square.
b. Area = 28 sq. m P = 22 cm
c. Area = 16 sq. cm P = 16 cm

TRY THESE

1. 40 sq. units
2. 91 sq. units
3. 40.5 sq. cm

ON YOUR OWN

1. 135 sq. m
2. 253 sq. cm
3. 128 sq. m
4. 98 sq. m
5. 75 sq. cm