What is the formula for the area of a parallelogram?

Understand why the formula for the area of a parallelogram is base times height, just like the formula for the area of a rectangle. read more

Summary: Given the base and height of a parallelogram, we can find the area. Given the area of a parallelogram and either the base or the height, we can find the missing dimension. The formula for area of a parallelogram is: A = B * H where B is the base, H is the height, and * means multiply. read more

Area formula The area of a parallelogram is given by the formula where b is the length of any base a is the corresponding altitude See Derivation of the formula. Recall that any of the four sides can be chosen as the base. You must use the altitude that goes with the base you choose. read more