Developing an understanding of area

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 of this shape?

Find the area.

_{Find the area.}

• 28 square cm
• 36 square cm
• 40 square cm
• 36 cm

Which of the following expressions are equivalent to the are of the shape attached? There may be more than one answer.

• (2)(14)+(2x)+(2)(14)+(2x)

• 28+2x+28+2x

• 56+4x

 Find the area of the shape.   All measurements are in feet.

• 20 square feet

• 28 feet

• 46 square feet

• 37 square feet

The area of the compound figure shown is ________ cm²

Find the area of this composite figure

• 77 m²

• 78 m²

• 79 m²

• 80 m²

Find the area.

• 110 square meters
• 210 square meters
• 126 square meters
• 150 square meters

Find area

• 174

• 300

• 120

• 90