Question

What is the area of a parallelogram that has a base of 6 centimeters and a height of 4 millimeters?

24 cm2
2.4 cm2
240 cm2
20 cm

Answer 1

6*4=?

Answer 2

24 cm2...

Answer 3

thx

Answer 4

first of all, the answer would be 2.4 cm^2 Let me explain why.

Answer 5

1 cm = 10 mm, which means 1mm = .1 cm

Answer 6

you have to change 4 mm into cm
which is going to be 0.4 cm.

Answer 7

then, you have to multiply the base and height together:
6*0.4 = 2.4 cm^2

Answer 8

woops i forgot to look at the unites. so just move the decimal to the left to one significant figure. answer will be 2.4 cm2