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Area of a Trapezium worksheet

1. Find the area of a trapezium whose parallel sides are 24 cm and 20 cm and the distance
between them is 15 cm.

2. Find the area of a trapezium whose parallel sides are 38.7 cm and 22.3 cm, and the
distance between them is 16 cm.

3. The area of a trapezium is 1080 cm². If the lengths of its parallel sides are 55.6 cm and
34.4 cm, find the distance between them.

4. The area of a trapezium is 1586 cm² and the distance between its parallel sides is 26 cm. If
one of the parallel sides is 84 cm, find the other.

5. The area of a trapezium is 384cm². Its parallel sides are in the ratio
3 : 5 and the perpendicular distance between them is 12 cm. Find the length of each of the
parallel sides.

6. The area of a trapezium is 180 cm² and its height is 9 cm. If one of the parallel sides is
longer than the other by 6 cm, find the two parallel sides.

7. The parallel sides of a trapezium are 20 cm and 10 cm. Its nonparallel sides are both
equal, each being 13 cm. Find the area of the trapezium.

8. The parallel sides of a trapezium are 25 cm and 11 cm, while its nonparallel sides are 15
cm and 13 cm. Find the area of the trapezium.

Answers for worksheet on trapezium are given below to check the exact answers of the
question on area of a trapezium.

Answers:

1. 330 cm²

2. 488 cm²

3. 24 cm

4. 38 cm

5. 24 cm, 40 cm

6. 23 cm, 17 cm

7. 180 cm²
8. 216 cm²

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