Base (b)
8
units
Height (h)
6
units
Area
24
sq units
Area = ½ ×
8
×
6
=
24
square units
▶ Fold it into a rectangle
Make it right-angled
↺ Reset
Drag the three
dots
. The teal side is the
base
; the violet dashed line is the
height
(straight up from the base). Notice the area is always
exactly half
the violet rectangle.