Area of parallelograms

Sample Area of parallelograms questions

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1. Question 12 marksGrade 3-4
   A parallelogram has a base of $4$ cm and a perpendicular height of $7$ cm. Calculate the area of the parallelogram.
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   Area of parallelogram $= \text{base} \times \text{height}$

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• Halves the base-times-height product for a parallelogram as if it were a triangle

  Halves the base × height product as if finding a triangle's area, computing 0.5 × 11.1 × 9.1 = 50.5 instead of 11.1 × 9.1 = 101.0.

• Accepts given perimeter and length/side values as consistent without checking whether they actually yield a valid (positive) value for the remaining dimension.

  Accepts Finley's statement without actually checking whether a valid (positive) width can be found from the perimeter formula - the length alone already accounts for the entire perimeter, leaving no room for a width.

• Omits the 1/2 factor in the triangle area formula, doubling the calculated area and propagating the error through later steps.

  Calculates the triangle's area as 16×9=144 (forgetting the ½ in the triangle area formula) instead of the correct 72, which then propagates through to an incorrect value of h.

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There are 11 self-marking GCSE and IGCSE Maths questions on Area of parallelograms, written for AQA, Pearson, OCR, Pearson International GCSE Maths A (4MA1), Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics (0580), Cambridge IGCSE (9-1) Mathematics (0980) across Foundation and Higher and Core and Extended tier. Each one is marked instantly and has a full worked solution.

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