What is the equation?
Distributive Property
Word Problems
Area of Irregular Shapes
Area of a Irregular Shape
Missing Side
100
What is the equation to determine the area for this shape?
3 x 3 = 9 sq. units
100
3 x 9 = (4 x 3) + (5 x 3)
27 = 12 + 15
Area = 27 sq. cm.
100
What is the definition of a shape's area?
The number of square units that fit inside a shape.
100
(3 x 5) + (3 x 1)
15 + 3
Area = 18 square units
100
Determine the area of this irregular shape.
(6 x 5) + (4 x 8)
30 + 32
Area = 62 sq. units
200
What is the equation to determine the area of this shape?
2 x 6 = 12 sq. units
200
10 x 4 = (4 x 4) + (6 x 4)
40 = 16 + 24
Area = 40 sq. cm.
200
How do we calculate the area of a shape?
Area = Length x Width
200
What is the area of the above shape?
8 - 6 = 2 cm
(6 x 4) + (5 x 2)
24 + 10
= 34 sq. cm.
200
A1 = 8 x 4
A2 = 10 x 10
(8 x 4) + (10 x 10)
32 + 100
Area = 132 sq.meters
200
3 x ? = 15 sq. ft.
15 
3 = 5 ft.
Missing side length = 5 ft.
300
What is the equation to determine the area of this shape?
5 x 5 = 25 sq. units
300
10 x 5 = (5 x 4) + (6 x 5)
50 = 20 + 30
Area = 50 sq. cm.
300
Ms. Eggert needs to buy a carpet that has an area of 20 square feet. Draw and label a shape that could represent her new carpet.
300
Determine the area of the irregular shape in square units.
(2 x 5) + (3 x 4)
10 + 12
Area = 22 square units
300
Find the area of the irregular shape?
(3 x 7) + (4 x 2)
21 + 8
Area = 29
300
Missing side length = 10m
400
What is the equation to determine the area of this shape?
4 x 4 = 16 sq. cm.
400
What is the equation to find the total area of the shape below?
(3 x 4) + (3 x 3)= __________
400
The length of the pool is 10 meters.
400
Determine the area of the irregular shape in square centimeters.
(10 x 5) + (6 x 2)
50 + 12
Area = 62 square centimeters
400
Determine the area of the irregular shape. 
(8 x 5) + (2 x 2)
40 + 4
Area = 44
400
20 
5 = 4
The piece was 4 cm long
500
What is the equation to determine the area of this shape?
8 x 3 = 24 sq. cm.
500
Complete the equation to find the area of the shape below.
_____ x ______ = ______ x (_____ + _____)
( 8 x 3) = 3 x (2 + 6)
500
Area = 20 square feet
500
Determine the area of the irregular shape.
10 - 3 = 7 side
(8 x 3) + (7 x 7)
24 + 49
Area = 73 sq. cm.
500
Determine the area of the irregular shape.
(9 x 4) + (3 x 3)
36 + 9
Area = 45
500
Ms. Eggert draws a rectangle with a side length of 6 inches and an area of 30 square inches.
What is the other side length?
The other side length is 5 inches.
600
8 x 9 = 72 square feet
D.
600
_____ X ______ = (__ x __) + (__x__)
_________ = _______ x (______ + _______)
6 x 2 = (3 x 2 ) + (3 x 2)
12 = 2 x (3 + 3)
12 = 2 x 6
12 = 12
600
What does one square represent?
What does it measure?
One square represents a unit square that measure area.
600
Determine the area of the irregular shape in square centimeters.
8 - 3 = 5
(9 x 3) + (4 x 5)
27 + 20
Area = 47 sq. cm.
600
Determine the area of the irregular shape. 
(5 x 5) + (5 x 7)
25 + 35
Area = 60
600
Burak draws a rectangle with a side length of 9 inches and an area of 27 square inches.
What is the other side length?
The other side length = 3 inches