Area of Composite Figures

Area of Composite Figures

• A composite figure is made up of two or more shapes

• We can find the area of a composite figure by breaking it down into familiar shapes

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Make sure you are using your STAAR Reference Materials to find the area formulas!

Composite Figures

Adding

​​Subtracting

​To find the area of a composite figure, you will either add or subtract the different areas.

Multiple Select

What 2 shapes do you see in this composite figure?

• Triangle and Rectangle

• Two Trapezoids

• Triangle and Square

• Two Triangles.

Draw

Separate the composite figure into separate, familiar shapes

Open Ended

Find the area of the rectangle in the composite figure.

Open Ended

Find the area of the triangle in the composite figure.

Open Ended

What is the area of the composite figure?

Multiple Choice

What is the area of the shaded region?

• 81 m²

• 40.5 m²

• 121.5 m²

• 18 m²

Multiple Choice

Find the area of the composite figure.

• 28 m²

• 6.28 m²

• 12.56 m²

• 40.56 m²