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Find the missing base of a parallelogram

Year 6 maths · Fieldbook Learning

Name ______________________ Date __________

Work backward from the area: divide the area by the height.

  1. A parallelogram has an area of 21 cm² and a height of 7 cm. What is the length of its base?
  2. A parallelogram has an area of 30 cm² and a height of 6 cm. What is the length of its base?
  3. A parallelogram has an area of 48 cm² and a height of 8 cm. What is the length of its base?
  4. A parallelogram has an area of 18 cm² and a height of 3 cm. What is the length of its base?
  5. A parallelogram has an area of 72 cm² and a height of 9 cm. What is the length of its base?
  6. A parallelogram has an area of 84 cm² and a height of 12 cm. What is the length of its base?
  7. A parallelogram has an area of 45 cm² and a height of 5 cm. What is the length of its base?
  8. A parallelogram has an area of 48 cm² and a height of 6 cm. What is the length of its base?
  9. A parallelogram has an area of 144 cm² and a height of 18 cm. What is the length of its base?
  10. A parallelogram has an area of 238 cm² and a height of 14 cm. What is the length of its base?
  11. A parallelogram has an area of 130 cm² and a height of 13 cm. What is the length of its base?
  12. A parallelogram has an area of 272 cm² and a height of 16 cm. What is the length of its base?
  13. A parallelogram has an area of 665 m² and a height of 19 m. What is the length of its base?
  14. A parallelogram has an area of 1360 m² and a height of 34 m. What is the length of its base?
  15. A parallelogram has an area of 684 m² and a height of 19 m. What is the length of its base?
  16. A parallelogram has an area of 486 m² and a height of 27 m. What is the length of its base?
  17. A parallelogram has an area of 1628 m² and a height of 37 m. What is the length of its base?
  18. A parallelogram has an area of 3776 m² and a height of 59 m. What is the length of its base?
  19. A parallelogram has an area of 3920 m² and a height of 40 m. What is the length of its base?
  20. A parallelogram has an area of 4774 m² and a height of 62 m. What is the length of its base?
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Answer key: Find the missing base of a parallelogram

  1. 3 cm
  2. 5 cm
  3. 6 cm
  4. 6 cm
  5. 8 cm
  6. 7 cm
  7. 9 cm
  8. 8 cm
  9. 8 cm
  10. 17 cm
  11. 10 cm
  12. 17 cm
  13. 35 m
  14. 40 m
  15. 36 m
  16. 18 m
  17. 44 m
  18. 64 m
  19. 98 m
  20. 77 m