Area of Special Quadrilaterals Answers

Two tables, congruent trapezoids, are placed together to make a corner desk, as shown.What is the total area of the surfaces of both tables?

Mrs. Pender shows her students 2 sticks measuring 6 inches and 2 sticks measuring 8 inches. She asks the students to arrange the sticks to make a two-dimensional figure with the greatest possible area. The ways in which Anna and Reggie organize the sticks are shown.Which statement comparing the areas of the figures is true?

Quinn is determining the area of a trapezoid. His work is shown below.Step 1: Break the figure into rectangles and triangles.Step 2: Find the area of the rectangle: .Step 3: Find the area of the triangles: .Step 4: Add the areas together: square centimeters.Which best describes Quinn’s error?

Alanna is painting a border along the top of a wall. The border consists of kite-shaped figures as shown. Each kite measures 6 inches across and 12 inches long. The wall is 12 feet across. How many square inches of the wall will be covered with kites?

Because the lid of a marker is wider than the marker itself, a set of markers can be packaged in a container that is in the shape of a trapezoid instead of a rectangle.What is the difference in area between the two packages?

A window is in the shape of a kite. Caleb wants to apply a layer of plastic film on the top half of the window so that the glass appears crackled. What are the dimensions of the layer of film he will apply?

The front face of a laundry basket is in the shape of a trapezoid as shown. What is the area of the front face of the laundry basket?

A kite was broken into two triangles. What is the height, h, of one of the triangles?

What is the area of the trapezoid?