Click on the links below for videos showing you how and why to use the formulas for different shapes
Rectangles and squares :
Finding the area of rectangles and squares
Parallelograms:
Finding the area of parallelograms
Click below to download some activities for finding the area of parallelograms :
Triangles :
Finding the area of triangles part 1
Finding the area of triangles part 2
Click below to download some activities for finding the area of triangles :