Calculate the area of a parallelogram using our Area Calculator, or try calculating it yourself with the formulas provided.
Geometry Calculator
Enter the base and height of the parallelogram in the calculator below to calculate the area of the parallelogram.
Calculate the area of parallelogram
Geometry Definitions
The following is a list of definitions relating to the area of a parallelogram.
What is area?
Area is the size of a surface.
What is a parallelogram?
A parallelogram is a two-dimensional shape. It has four straight sides where the opposite sides are both equal in length and parallel to each other.
What is the base?
The base of the parallelogram is the length of the bottom of the parallelogram.
What is the height?
The height of the parallelogram is the distance measured by drawing a line from the bottom of the parallelogram to the top.
Geometry Formula
The formula to calculate the area of a parallelogram is:
A = b x h
where...
- A = area of parallelogram
- b = base of parallelogram
- h = height of parallelogram
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