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6th grade

Course: 6th grade > Unit 8

Lesson 1: Areas of parallelograms
Math
6th grade
Plane figures
Areas of parallelograms
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Find missing length when given area of a parallelogram

CCSS.Math: 6.G.A.1
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Problem

The parallelogram shown below has an area of 20 unitssquared.
Find the missing base.
b, equals
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3, slash, 5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7, slash, 4
  • a mixed number, like 1, space, 3, slash, 4
  • an exact decimal, like 0, point, 75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12, space, start text, p, i, end text or 2, slash, 3, space, start text, p, i, end text
units
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