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Area of Compound Shapes
Area of Compound Shapes
Area of Compound Shapes
Shapes Basics
Compound shapes?
Are shapes made of more than one
shape
To calculate area
Break it up into separate shapes
Calculate each area
Add them
For example
A Triangle
10 x 1 = 5 m2
2
1m B Rectangle
A
6m 7m
10 x 6 = 60 m2
B
TOTAL = 65 m2
10m
For example
8m A Trapezium
3m (7 + 12) x 4 = 38 m2
2
B Rectangle
B
15 x 8 = 120 m2
12m
15m A 7m
4m
TOTAL = 158 m2
12m