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Area Techniques (Easy)

AMC 10 Q1–8 depth — contest entry, not school drills.

Area Techniques: core idea

Base-height.

Example problem: hint and answer

Find the area of a rectangle with sides 77 and 99.

Hint: Choose the formula matching the figure. Answer: 63.

Practice (9 problems — type your answers)

  • 1. Find the area of a triangle with base 1010 and height 66.

  • 2. Find the area of a square with side 88.

  • 3. Find the area of a parallelogram with base 1212 and height 55.

  • 4. Find the area of a circle with radius 33 in terms of π\pi.

  • 5. Find the area of a right triangle with legs 66 and 88.

  • 6. Find the area of a trapezoid with bases 4,104,10 and height 33.

  • 7. Find the area of a 55 by 1111 rectangle.

  • 8. Find the area of an equilateral triangle of side 44.

  • 9. Find the area of a semicircle of radius 44 in terms of π\pi.

Area Techniques Practice Problems — Easy