In my classroom we would refer to trapezoid as a block of cheese. If you fancy cheese, you will get it. Trapezoids are four sided figures (quadrilaterals) that have a pair of sides that are parallel to one another. The shape itself is infamous in architecture for the chief support structure in many forms of bridges. When you are looking to find the area of the shape taken up by a trapezoid you would require three measures: The length of each of the parallel sides (known as bases) and the height of the line drawn between those bases. These worksheets help students learn to determine the area of various trapezoids using the lengths of their sides, their height, etc. (the correct formulas have been provided).

The area of a trapezoid can be defined as the sum of both bases divided by two times the height.