A trapezium

has two
parallel sides
of length 8.6
m and 8.8 m.
Its height is
3.6 m
perpendicula
r to its base.
What is its
area?

2.

m2

A trapezium has two parallel sides of length 10.8 cm and 3.4

cm.
Its height is 3.6 cm perpendicular to its base. What is its
area?

3.

A trapezium has two parallel sides of length 8.8 m and 12 m.

Its height is 7 m perpendicular to its base. What is its area?

4.

A trapezium has two parallel sides of length 6.8 m and 9.2 m.

Its height is 6.6 m perpendicular to its base. What is its area?

5.

A trapezium has two parallel sides of length 11.6 mm and

13.6 mm.
Its height is 7.4 mm perpendicular to its base. What is its
area?

6.

A trapezium has two parallel sides of length 10.8 cm and 7.8

cm.
Its height is 1.8 cm perpendicular to its base. What is its
area?

cm

m2

m2

mm

cm

mm

7.

A trapezium has two parallel sides of length 12.4 mm and 8.8

mm.
Its height is 15.8 mm perpendicular to its base. What is its
area?
2

8.

A trapezium has one parallel side of length 6.8 m and a

height of 10 m.
Its area is 38 m2. What is the length of the other parallel
side?

mm

9.

A trapezium has two parallel sides of length 7.4 mm and 7.4

mm.
Its area is 82.88 mm2. What is its height of the trapezium?

cm

10.

A trapezium has two parallel sides of length 0.2 cm and 18.6

cm.
Its area is 101.52 cm2. What is its height of the trapezium?

Total = ? / 10
Example 1: Find the area of a trapezoid with bases of 10 inches and 14
inches, and a height of 5 inches.
Solution:
=

(10 in + 14 in) 5 in

(24 in) (5 in)

=
120 in2
A = 60 in2

Example 2: Find the area of a trapezoid with bases of 9 centimeters and

7 centimeters, and a height of 3 centimeters.
Solution:
=

(9 cm + 7 cm) 3 cm

(16 cm) (3 cm)

=
48 cm2
= 24 cm2
Example 3: The area of a trapezoid is 52 square inches and the bases
are 11 inches and 15 inches. Find the height.
Solution:
52 in2 =

(11 in + 15 in)

52 in2 =
(26 in)
2
52 in = (13 in)
52 in2 (13 in) =
= 4 in

Summary: To find the area of a trapezoid, take the sum of its bases,
multiply the sum by the height of the trapezoid, and then
divide the result by 2, The formula for the area of a trapezoid
is:
or
where

is

is

, and

is the height.

Exercises
Directions: Read each question below. Click once in an ANSWER BOX and type in your
answer; then click ENTER. Your answers should be given as whole numbers greater than zero.
After you click ENTER, a message will appear in the RESULTS BOX to indicate whether your
answer is correct or incorrect. To start over, click CLEAR.
1. Find the area of a trapezoid with bases of 5 feet and
7 feet, and a height of 3 feet.

ANSWER BOX:

ft2
CLEAR

RESULTS
BOX:

2. Find the area of a trapezoid with bases of 12 meters

and 6 meters, and a height of 5 meters.
ANSWER BOX:

m2
CLEAR

RESULTS
BOX:

3. Find the area of a trapezoid with bases of 17

centimeters and 19 centimeters, and a height of 2
centimeters.
ANSWER BOX:

cm2
CLEAR

RESULTS
BOX:

4. The area of a trapezoid is 48 square inches and the

bases are 4 inches and 8 inches. Find the height.
ANSWER BOX:

in
CLEAR

RESULTS
BOX:

5. The area of a trapezoid is 77 square centimeters and

the bases are 9 centimeters and 13 centimeters. Find
the height.
ANSWER BOX:

cm
CLEAR

RESULTS
BOX:

Example :
Find the area of the following trapezoid:

Solution:
Area of trapezoid

Example :
Given that the area of the following trapezoid is 36. Find the value of h.

Solution:

Find the area of each trapezoid.

(Remember to include the relevant square unit in your answer)
height = 24 m
b1 = 19 m
b2 = 24 m
area =

height = 24.3 mm
b1 = 9.9 mm
b2 = 15.1 mm
area =

height = 21 m
b1 = 10 m
b2 = 5 m
area =

height = 7 mm
b1 = 19 mm
b2 = 26 mm
area =

height = 24.8 cm

b1 = 24.2 cm
b2 = 5.4 cm
area =

height = 29.7 mm
b1 = 10.2 mm
b2 = 16.8 mm
area =

height = 28 m
b1 = 21 m
b2 = 11 m
area =

height = 26 mm
b1 = 27 mm
b2 = 21 mm
area =

Find the missing measurement of each trapezoid.

(Remember to include the relevant unit or square unit in your answer)

height = 6 cm
b1 = 15 cm
b2 = 22 cm
area =

height = 17 mm
b1 = 28 mm
b2 =
area = 314.5 square mm
height = 12 mm

b1 =
b2 = 28 mm
area = 270 square mm
height =
b1 = 19 mm
b2 = 10 mm
area = 232 square mm
height = 26 mm
b1 =
b2 = 7 mm
area = 442 square mm
height = 29.7 m
b1 = 28.1 m
b2 =
area = 534.6 square m
height =
b1 = 17.2 cm
b2 = 27.6 cm
area = 145.6 square cm
height = 6 mm
b1 = 17 mm
b2 = 19 mm
area =

What is the area of the trapezoid, lengths of whose parallel sides

are 6 cm, 10 cm, and whose height is 4 cm?

a.

30 cm2

b.

28 cm2

c.

32 cm2

d.

34 cm2

2.
Find the area of the colored region in the figure.

a.

26 in.2

b.

20 in.2

c.

22 in.2

d.

24 in.2

3.
A trapezoid has an area of 140 cm2. The two parallel sides of the trapezoid
measure 15 cm and 20 cm.What is the height of the trapezoid?
a.

8 cm

b.

6 cm

c.

5 cm

d.

10 cm

4.
A trapezoid has area of 100 cm2. One of the parallel sides is 16 cm and the height
is 10 cm. What is the measure of the other parallel side?
a.

4 cm

b.

3 cm

c.

5 cm

d.

2 cm

5.
Find the area of the colored region of the trapezoid ABEF, if ACDF is a square.

a.

20 in.2

b.

34 in.2

c.

36 in.2

d.

38 in.2

6.
Area of a trapezoid is 35 cm2 and the distance between the parallel sides is 10 cm. If
one of the parallel sides is 5 cm, then what is the length of the other parallel side?

7.

a.

1 cm

b.

3 cm

c.

4 cm

d.

2 cm

Find the area of the colored region in the figure.

a.

14 cm2

b.

12 cm2

c.

10 cm2

d.

16 cm2

8.
What is the area of the trapezoid ABDE, if it is constructed by three congruent
triangles, each of area 20 cm2?

a.

59 cm2

b.

61 cm2

c.

58 cm2

d.

60 cm2

9.
Find the area of the trapezoid.

a.

1700 ft2

b.

1600 ft2

c.

1900 ft2

d.

1500 ft2

10.
Find the area of the trapezoid.

a.

337.5 cm2

b.

375.5 cm2

c.

335.5 cm2

d.

335.7 cm2

11.
Find the area of the colored region in the figure.

a.

100 ft2

b.

80 ft2

c.

90 ft2

d.

110 ft2

12.

Find the area of the trapezoid PQRS, if the distance between any two adjacent points
is 1 cm.

a.

33 cm2

b.

35 cm2

c.

32 cm2

d.

34 cm2

13.
The trapezoid PQRS is formed by combining the two triangles ABC and DEF. What is
the perimeter of the trapezoid PQRS?

a.

15 in.

b.

24 in.

c.

20 in.

d.

12 in.

14.
What is the height of the trapezoid, if the area of the trapezoid is 36 ft2?

a.

15 ft

b.

24 ft

c.

8 ft

d.

16 ft

15.
What is the area of the figure?

a.

24 m2

b.

18 m2

c.

8 m2

d.

21 m2

16.
One of the parallel sides of a trapezoid is three times as long as the other and the
height of the trapezoid is 8 cm. What are the lengths of the parallel sides if the area of
the trapezoid is 96 cm2?
a.

6 cm, 6 cm

b.

18 cm, 24 cm

c.

6 cm, 18 cm

d.

None of the above

17.

Find the area of the figure shown.

a.

22 m2

b.

28 m2

c.

12 m2

d.

24 m2

18.
What is the total area of the figure?

a.

24 ft2

b.

18 ft2

c.

35 ft2

d.

23 ft2

19.
What is the area of the colored region in the figure, if the area of rectangle ABCD
is 48 m2?

a.

42 m2

b.

21 m2

c.

18 m2

d.

None of the above

20.
What is the area of the polygon ABCDE, if B and E are right angles and ED
is parallel to AC?

a.

12 ft2

b
.
c.

14 ft2

d
.

17 ft2What is the area of the trapezoid PQST, if it is formed with 3 equilateral

triangles with an area of 20 cm2each?

15 ft2

a.

80 cm2

b.

40 cm2

c.

60 cm2

d.

20 cm2

22.
What is the perimeter of the trapezoid LMNO, if it is formed by the
parallelogram ABCD and the triangle PQR?

a.

15 cm

b.

23 cm

c.

19 cm

d.

22 cm

23.
What are the lengths of the parallel sides of a trapezoid, if its area is 63
cm2, height is 6 cm and the length of its shorter side is 5 cm shorter than its
longer side?
a.

8 cm, 14 cm

b.

8 cm, 13 cm

c.

12 cm, 13 cm

d.

10 cm, 13 cm