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MF.GM.3 Standard MF-050-A05-V04

Use area formulas for rectangles, triangles, parallelograms, trapezoids, and composite figures.

Use area for covering problems

Problem

A city plans to place sod on a park section shaped like a parallelogram. The section has a base of \(18~\text{yards}\) and a height of \(7~\text{yards}\). How many square yards of sod are needed to cover the park section?

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Four variants of this problem type
Curriculum context
Standard
MF.GM.3
Category
Geometry and Measurement
Domain
Plane Measurement
Objective
Use area formulas for rectangles, triangles, parallelograms, trapezoids, and composite figures.
Problem type
Use area for covering problems