Question

Please help!

Tom is mowing a field shaped like the parallelogram shown below.

How many square feet of field will Tom mow in all?


A.
60

B.
140

C.
2000

D.
4000

Answer 1

Picture

Answer 2

Remember that the area of a parallelogram is the base times the height. What is the base in your picture?

Answer 3

100 feet.

Answer 4

Good. What is the height?

Answer 5

40 feet.

Answer 6

Can you multiply 40 by 100?

Answer 7

Yeah, it'll be 4000... But isn't that how you get the area of a rectangle?

Answer 8

Yes. Isn't it wonderful? You only have to remember one formula for both shapes.

Answer 9

So the answer is D. 4000?

Answer 10

Is the answer D?