Area of Quadrilaterals

Grade 7 Measurement
 Lesson
Objectives
1. To understand how to find
the area of different
quadrilaterals.
2. To find the areas of
compound shapes by
problem solving and
showing reasoning.
Whiteboard Starter – What is the
area of the following shape

If you are willing to apply a

Growth Mindset you will
have the tools/skills
available to solve this
question by the end of the
lesson.
 Whiteboard starter – Perimeter of
rectangle and Squares (5 minutes)
Answer the following questions on you whiteboard (show all working out)
Quadrilaterals

Quadrilateral just means "four sides"

(quad means four, lateral means side).
A Quadrilateral has four-sides, it is 2-dimensional (a flat shape), closed
(the lines join up), and has straight sides.
A quadrilateral has:
• four sides (edges)
• four vertices (corners)
• interior angles that add to 360 degrees:
Types of Quadrilaterals
There are special types of quadrilateral:
The area

of a rectangle
9
 We can fill the rectangle with
squares.

Remember, we did this earlier when

using the area model of multiplication.
10
We can measure 3
the area in
4
square units. 3 rows of 4
? square units
12

7 6

5 7½
6 rows of 7½
7 rows of 5
? square units
35
? square units
45
11
 Summary
Area of a
Rectangle
width

length

Area =
number in a row × number of rows
length of a row × number of rows
= length × width
= l × w 12
 Find the area of each rectangular shape below.

100 m
1 30 m 2

15 m
50 m 90 m 31 m

50 m
12 m
40 m
3
3.4 km
120 m 4

8½ cm 3.2 cm

5 cm
5
1.2 km 5½1 cm
cm
90 cm 3 cm
Not to scale.
210 cm
The area

of a
parallelogram

14
We know that

height

base

Area of a rectangle
= length of a row × number of rows
= base × height
15
 We can shear a rectangle
into a parallelogram.

We have
height
not added or
taken anything
base
away from the
shape, parallelogram
so… Area of a rectangle
= length of a row × number of rows
= base × height
16
Summary Area of a Parallelogram

height

base

parallelogram
Area of a rectangle

= base × height
= b × h 17
 Area of a Parallelogram


height Area = base x height

base The area of a

parallelogram
= the area of a
rectangle on the same
base.
height Area = base x height

base
 Find the area of each parallelogram below.

1
2

12 cm 15 cm 5 mm

14 mm Area = 14 x 5
8 cm
= 70 mm2
Area = 8 x 12 3

= 96 cm2

1.5 m
Area = 1.5 x 2.1
= 3.15 m2
2.1 m
 Whiteboard starter – Area of
rectangle and Squares (5 minutes)
Answer the following questions on you whiteboard (show all working out)
 Whiteboard starter – Area of
rectangle and Squares (Randomisation)
2cm
A1
A2

A1 = l x w
A= lxw A1 = 4cm x 4cm
A = 5cm x 3cm A = l x w A1 = 16
A = 15 A = 4cm x 3cm A2 = l x w
A= lxw A = 12 A2= 2cm x 2cm
A2= 4
A = 2m x 5m A = A1 + A2
A= 16 + 4
A = 10 A= 20
Exit Slip– What is the area of the
following shape

If you are willing to apply a

Growth Mindset you will
have the tools/skills
available to solve this
question by the end of the
lesson.