Give the formula for the area of the following shapes.
rectangle where l is the length and w is the width.
trapezoid where h is height of the trapezoid and b1 and b2 represent the lengths of the base.
parallelogram where b is the length of the base and h is the height.

Let's go shape by shape!

The area of a rectangle can be calculated as follows:

 where L = length and W = width

The area of a trapezoid can be calculated as follows:


where b1 and b2 = lengths of the base and H = height of the shape

The area of a parallelogram can be calculated as follows:

where B = length of the base and H = height of the shape