Quia
Ixl Learning: Area of Trapezoids
Brush up on your math skills relating to the area of trapezoids then try some practice problems to test your understanding.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Area of Trapezoids
Practice finding the areas of trapezoids. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Area of Trapezoids
Investigate how changes in the base and height of a trapezoid affect its area.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Find the Area of the Shape!
Try to figure out the area of this challenging shape. In order to view the images, you will need to use JavaSketchpad.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Polygons and Areas of Plane Figures
Twenty-five problems cover the topics of polygons and finding the area for various plane figures. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work each step of the problem then click the "View...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help: Perimeter and Area of Triangles and Trapezoids
Get independent practice working with finding the perimeter and area of triangles and trapezoids. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Finding the Area of a Trapezoid
Sixth graders find the area of a trapezoid by decomposing it into triangles and using the formula
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Area of Polygons and Circles
How would you find the area of a polygon or circle? Explore this concept with engaging activities at this test prep site. Here you will find detailed problem solving strategies with accompanying visuals, a reference table with formulas,...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Area of Triangles, Parallelograms, and Trapezoids
These activities provide an opportunity for students to explore the area formulas for triangles, trapezoids, and parallelograms.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Area of Composite Shapes
Sixth graders take their knowledge about area of rectangles, squares and triangles and apply it to parallelograms, trapezoids, and composite shapes.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Getting Started With Area Formulas App
Calculate the Area of a Trapezoid This Concept Handheld Software Application reviews the definition and area formula for the rectangle, square, parallelogram, triangle, trapezoid, and circle.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: The Area of the Trapeziod
This activity is a based on an activity I saw in Exploring Geometry with the Geometer's Sketchpad. Student will construct a trapeziod and then use rotation to create a parallelogram from the trapeziod. The follow up questions lead the...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Investigating Properties of Trapezoids
Students draw trapezoids and investigate their properties. They derive the area formula for a triangle from the area formula for a trapezoid. They also investigate the terms: Isosceles trapezoid and Tessellation. Numerous supplementary...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Area and Perimeter of Trapezoids
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students to find the area and perimeter of trapezoids. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Area and Perimeter of Trapezoids
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students move points on the trapezoid to get the bases and height in order to determine the area and perimeter.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Area and Perimeter of Trapezoids
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students calculate the area and perimeter of a trapezoid. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and...
Mr. Martini's Classroom
Mr. Martini's Classroom: Area of Triangles, Trapezoids & Parallelograms
Students solve for the area of rectangles, squares, triangles, trapezoids, and parallelograms.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Area of Polygons and Circles
A lesson focusing on the area of polygons and the circumference of circles. Engaging, interactive practice worksheet, lesson plan, and related classroom activity complete this lesson.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Trapezoid Height and Base: Lesson 2
This lesson will demonstrate how to solve for an unknown height or base of a trapezoid when given the area. It is 2 of 5 in the series titled "Trapezoid Height and Base."
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Area Formulas App
Students review the definition and area formula for the rectangle, square, parallelogram, triangle, trapezoid, and circle.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Review: Area
Find a quick, concise explanation of area and the formulas for different shapes. An example is given to help you understand how find the area of a shape. The area formulas are listed for different types of shapes.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Math Today Thirsty for Oil
In this activity, students can use the USA TODAY Infograph 'Thirsty for oil' to explore the area of a trapezoid and determine how to find area. Students will find the area of a parallelogram and use this to determine a formula for the...
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Figuras Geometricas en El Plano
Interactive activities dealing with the areas of quadrilaterals figures.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Trapezoid Height and Base: Lesson 4
This lesson will demonstrate how to solve for an unknown height or base of a trapezoid when given the area. It is 4 of 5 in the series titled "Trapezoid Height and Base."