Parallelograms
This GeoGebra activity has been created using information from Illustrative Mathematics.
An empty parallelogram is shown on the left. Use any 1 or more of the colored polygons to help find its area.
What is the area of the parallelogram above? Explain your reasoning.
For the question below, refer to parallelogram C shown here.
What is the area of parallelogram C? Explain how you know.
There are several strategies for finding the area of a parallelogram: