{"id":20127,"date":"2026-05-21T23:40:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T17:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/a-trapezium-has-parallel-sides-15-cm-and-20-cm-and-height-7-cm-what-is-its-area\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T23:40:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T17:40:52","slug":"a-trapezium-has-parallel-sides-15-cm-and-20-cm-and-height-7-cm-what-is-its-area","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/a-trapezium-has-parallel-sides-15-cm-and-20-cm-and-height-7-cm-what-is-its-area\/","title":{"rendered":"A trapezium has parallel sides 15 cm and 20 cm, and height 7 cm. What is its area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A trapezium has parallel sides 15 cm and 20 cm, and height 7 cm. What is its area?<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options wp-block-list\">\n<li>129.5 cm\u00b2<\/li>\n<li>245 cm\u00b2<\/li>\n<li>42 cm\u00b2<\/li>\n<li>122.5 cm\u00b2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[2847],"subject":[2746],"education_level":[2495],"class_list":["post-20127","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-area-of-trapezium","subject-mensuration","education_level-grade-7"],"mcq_note":"Area of a trapezium = 1\/2 \u00d7 (sum of parallel sides) \u00d7 height = 1\/2 \u00d7 (15+20) \u00d7 7 = 122.5 cm\u00b2. Choose the correct formula first, substitute the given values carefully, and match the final unit with the type of measurement. The two parallel sides are averaged by adding them and multiplying by 1\/2, then multiplied by the perpendicular height. Be sure to use only the parallel sides in the bracket and write the answer in square units.","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"129.5 cm\u00b2"},{"right":"no","answer":"245 cm\u00b2"},{"right":"no","answer":"42 cm\u00b2"},{"right":"yes","answer":"122.5 cm\u00b2"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":2746,"title":"Mensuration","slug":"mensuration"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":2847,"title":"Area of Trapezium","slug":"area-of-trapezium"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/20127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=20127"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=20127"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=20127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}