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Exploring the Area of a Parallelogram

Use this activity to investigate how to find the area of a parallelogram.

Take a look at the area calculated at the top of the app, and compare it to the base and height. How do you think the app makes the area calculation?

Testing your thoughts!

Move the base and height sliders to see if your thinking holds! Do this around 3-4 times to see it still works!

Now that you interacted with the app, let's make a connection. Slide the hint button and observe what happens. How does this relate to what you thought about in the first question? (Hint: Did the area change?)

EXIT TICKET: In your own words, describe how to find the area of a parallelogram