Question

Reanna was asked to find the area of the following parallelogram. She measured the lengths of the sides, and then multiplied 6 centimeters by 4 centimeters. Her answer was 24 cm 2. Which of the following statements is true?

a.Reanna's answer is correct.
b.Reanna should have multiplied 6 centimeters by the vertical height.
c.Reanna should have multiplied her answer by.
d.Reanna should have added all of the sides together.

Answer 1

The correct option is b.

Explanation:

The area of parallelogram is

`A=b* h`

Where, b is base and h is vertical height.

It is given that the lengths of the sides are 6 cm and 4 cm.

To find area of parallelogram Reanna multiplied 6 centimeters by 4 centimeters. Her answer was 24 cm 2. Which is not correct.

Reanna should have multiplied 6 centimeters by the vertical height.

Therefore option b is correct.

Answer 2

The equation to calculate the area of a parallelogram is area of parallelogram = base * (vertical height). She didn't do this, which means that she isn't correct.
The option which is true is that B. Reanna should have multiplied 6 centimeters by the vertical height.