Question 1
Find the area of a parallelogram if the base is 13 and the height is 9.
Explanation: Write the formula for the area of a parallelogram.
Substitute the base and height into the equation.
When multiplying two integers first multiply the ones place from each integer:
The seven will stay in the ones place but the two will be carried over. Now multiply the one integer with the tens integer and add the carried over term to that:
The eleven represents the hundreds and tens spot. To get the final answer combine the ones digit to the hundreds and tens digit:
