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Area

These are the formulae for the areas of a number of plane.

Square Rectangle Parallelogram Triangle

1
A = a2 A = ab A = bh A= bh
2

Trapezium Kite Circle

1 1
A
=
2
( a + b) h A=
2
ab A = πr2

Example 1
Find the area of this shape.

Answer

1
Area =(3.7 + 6.5) ( 4.2 ) =
21.42 cm2
2

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Example 2
Find the area of this shape giving your answer
to 3 significant figures.

Answer
Area = π(7.6)2 = 181 cm2 (3 sf)

Exercise

Find the areas of these shapes. Give your answer to 3 significant figures.

1 2

3 4

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Answers

1 63.6 cm2 2 23.0 cm2 3 37.7 cm2 4 20.5 cm2

5 42.3 cm2

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