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Area Formulas: Square A

This document provides formulas for calculating the areas of basic shapes such as squares, rectangles, parallelograms, trapezoids, circles, ellipses, and triangles. It emphasizes that units must be consistent when calculating areas and provides examples of correctly and incorrectly calculated areas using mixed or inconsistent units.

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Area Formulas: Square A

This document provides formulas for calculating the areas of basic shapes such as squares, rectangles, parallelograms, trapezoids, circles, ellipses, and triangles. It emphasizes that units must be consistent when calculating areas and provides examples of correctly and incorrectly calculated areas using mixed or inconsistent units.

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Area Formulas
Note: "ab" means "a" multiplied by "b". "a2" means "a squared", which is the same as "a" times
"a".
Be careful!! Units count. Use the same units for all measurements. Examples

square = a 2

rectangle = ab

parallelogram = bh

trapezoid = h/2 (b1 + b2)

circle = pi r 2

ellipse = pi r1 r2

triangle =

equilateral triangle =

one half times the base length times the


height of the triangle

triangle given SAS (two sides and the opposite angle)


= (1/2) a b sin C
triangle given a,b,c = [s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c)] when s = (a+b+c)/2 (Heron's
formula)
regular polygon = (1/2) n sin(360/n) S2
when n = # of sides and S = length from center to a corner
Units
Area is measured in "square" units. The area of a figure is the number of
squares required to cover it completely, like tiles on a floor.
Area of a square = side times side. Since each side of a square is the same, it
can simply be the length of one side squared.
If a square has one side of 4 inches, the area would be 4 inches times 4
inches, or 16 square inches. (Square inches can also be written in2.)
Be sure to use the same units for all measurements. You cannot multiply
feet times inches, it doesn't make a square measurement.
The area of a rectangle is the length on the side times the width. If the width is
4 inches and the length is 6 feet, what is the area?
NOT CORRECT .... 4 times 6 = 24
CORRECT.... 4 inches is the same as 1/3 feet. Area is 1/3 feet times 6 feet =
2 square feet. (or 2 sq. ft., or 2 ft2).

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