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How Do You Find the Area of a Trapezoid?

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Trapezoids can be tricky. Break down the process of finding the area of a trapezoid with this video! Viewers are given information about the area formula and shown exactly how to plug in information, solve, and simplify. This is a detailed video that is appropriate for at-home or in-class use.

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Concepts
area, area formulas, height, measurement, order of operations, evaluating expressions, parallel lines, perpendicular lines, right angles, right triangles, triangles, simplifying, trapezoids, polygons, quadrilaterals
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Additional Tags
area, base, height, order of operations, pre-algebra, trapezoid, right angle, area formula, parallel, perpendicular, right triangle, simplify, trapezoid area, two bases, variable values, unit squared, math
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Resource Details
Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
4:55
Audience
For Teacher Use
Instructional Strategy
Flipped Classroom
Usage Permissions
Fine Print