Answer Key
Name ___________________________________________________ Date _______________________________
  Finding the Area of a Triangle
        To find the area of a triangle,                                        Let’s try an example! Find the
               use this formula:                                                area of the triangle below.
                                                                                                                  A = 21 bh
                                    1
                          A = 2 bh                                            5 in.                    5 in.      A = 21 · 8 · 3
                                                                                       3 in.
                                                                                                                  A = 21 · 24
      b = base                           h = height                                        8 in.
                                                                                                                  A = 12 in.2
Find the area of each triangle.
 1.                                          2.                                             3.
              10 in.             8 in.            8m                                           7 yd.
                                                            6m                                           9 yd.
                  6 in.                                         15 m                                                     4 yd.
              A = _________________
                       24 in.²                         A = _________________
                                                                45 m²                                   A = _________________
                                                                                                                 14 yd.²
 4.                                          5.                                             6.
                            13 cm                                                                                  29 cm
                                                                                   3 ft.           20 cm
                                                                  5 ft.
                   10 cm
                                                       10 ft.
                                                                                                                 21 cm
                  12 cm
              A = _________________
                       60 cm²                          A = _________________
                                                                15 ft.²                                 A = _________________
                                                                                                                210 cm²
 7.                                          8.                                             9.
                                                       30 ft.                                           34 m
      8 in.     7 in.                                                     24 ft.                                          16 m
                        14 in.                           16 ft.                                            30 m
              A = _________________
                       49 in.²                         A = _________________
                                                                192 ft.²                                A = _________________
                                                                                                                 240 m²
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