Lesson: Area of a Rhombus Mathematics

Students will be able to

• derive the formula for finding the area of a rhombus given the lengths of its diagonals,
• find the area of a rhombus given its diagonals,
• find unknown lengths of a rhombus using the formula for finding its area given the lengths of its diagonals,
• find the area of a square in terms of its diagonal,
• solve problems involving finding the area of both a square and rhombus using their diagonals.