AREA of COMPOSITE FIGURES

To find the area of a composite figure you must break the irregular figure into common shapes then find the area of each shape and 

• subtract them
• add them together
• multiply them
• divide them

What is the area?

• 30 square units

• 32 square units

• 23 square units

• 36 square units

• 54 cm2
• 45 cm2
• 63 cm2
• 36 cm2

What is the area?

• 108 cm sq
• 60 cm
• 432 cm sq
• 216 cm sq

What is the area of the figure?

• 13 in²
• 20 in²
• 26 in²
• 40 in²

The area of this rectangle is...

• Area = 60 units

• Area = 32 units

• 25.9 yd²
• 12.95 yd²
• 6.475 yd²
• 12.95 m²

What is the area of the shaded region?

• 14 m²
• 120 m²
• 106 m²
• 134 m²

How do you find the area of a triangle?

• A = b x h

• A = (1/2)bh

• A = 2b + 2h