6th grade area of parallelograms worksheets
Parallelogram area worksheets for sixth grade draw each figure with the base labeled underneath and a dashed height marked inside. Your child multiplies base times height and writes the answer in square units, like 40 sq cm.
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The kind of problems you'll get
Find the area of each parallelogram.
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Answer: 50 sq in
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What's on each sheet
- Fluency. Find the area of each parallelogram. 8 questions per page.
Every version prints on US Letter or A4, with its answer key on the last page.
How to teach this
Before any multiplying, have your child trace the dashed height with a finger and say "this one, not the slanted side." Picking the wrong number is the whole game here. If the formula feels like magic, cut a paper parallelogram, snip off the slanted triangle, and slide it to the other end: a rectangle appears, same base, same height. After that demonstration, base times height needs no convincing.
Watch for: Kids use the slanted side instead of the height. The height is the dashed line standing square on the base. Kids think the slant makes the area smaller than base times height. The slanted piece slides over to fill a rectangle exactly, so base times height is the whole area.
Common questions about area of parallelograms
- What do the dashed lines in the figures mean?
- The dashed line is the height: the straight-up distance from the base to the opposite side. It's dashed because it isn't an edge of the shape, just a measurement.
- Why doesn't the slanted side appear in the formula?
- Because leaning doesn't change area. Slide the slanted triangle to the other end and the parallelogram becomes a rectangle with the same base and height, so area is base times height.
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Aligned to Common Core 6.G.A.1. Reviewed by the One more sheet curriculum team. Content version 123, updated July 2026.