Find the 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

Find the area of the composite figure

• 40

• 9

• 49

• 61

Find the area.

• 32 ft²

• 44 ft²

• 76 ft²

• 120 ft²

Mr. Hubbs bought a new home and wanted to place new grass on his lawn around his house. What is the area of the shaded area shown, his lawn?

• 13,600 ft²

• 18,400 ft²

• 16,000 ft²

• 2,400 ft²

What is the area of the shaded region?

• 20 sq cm

• 4 sq cm

• 30 sq cm

• 24 sq cm

Find the area.

• 6 cm²

• 36 cm²

• 42 cm²

• 48 cm²

Find the area of this composite figure

• 86 cm²

• 87 cm²

• 88 cm²

• 89 cm²

What is the area of the shaded region?

• 20 sq cm

• 4 sq cm

• 30 sq cm

• 24 sq cm