Using the Box Method to Calculate the Area of a Parallelogram Find the area of parallelogram ABCD using the box method Area of rectangle 5 7 35 Area of triangles 1 Area of triangles 2 Area of parallelogram 35 Area V 4 4 3 2 2 2 6 Comparing Areas REAL WORLD CONNECTION units2 A 2 3 Find the area of the triangle using the box method A 300 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 m 10 B 7 6 5 4 3 2 99 D 5 4 3 2 1 A 12 2 2 3 The area of the parallelogram is larger by 1 square meter A L 4 3 m A The community garden has two flower garden plots available for the same price The layout is displayed on a grid where each unit equals 1 meter Based only on square meters which plot is the better purchase Find the area of the parallelogram 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 V 21 4 m h 3m 1 2 3 4 5 8 PEL 2m x 12345678910