A parallelogram has a base of 4 m and a height of 3 m. How do you find the area of the parallelogram in square centimeters?
1 Answer
Feb 9, 2017
Explanation:
To convert meters to centimeters, multiply by
To convert square meters to square centimeters, multiply by
In our example, we can reexpress the base of the parallelogram as
Then the area is:
#"base" xx "height" = 400"cm" xx 300"cm" = 120000"cm"^2#
Alternatively, we can do the calculation in square meters first:
#"base" xx "height" = 4"m" xx 3"m" = 12"m"^2 = 120000"cm"^2#