What is a composite figure?
A figure made from two or more geometric figures (or shapes).
How do you know if a figure is composite?
If it is made up of two or more geometric figures or shapes.
How do you find the area of a composite figure?
Find the area of each figure and add them together.
True or False? A composite figure can have a maximum of 3 shapes.
False
True or False? A composite figure must have an even number of sides?
False
What is the area of a square?
A = S X S
What is the formula of the area of a rectangle?
A= L X W
How do we calculate the area of a shape?
Area = Length x Width

What is the TOTAL area of the above shape?
Area = 64 sq. cm.

Missing side length = 8 units
What is the area of a triangle
A = L X W
A figure composed of two rectangles. Rectangle one has a base of 6 and a height of 4. Rectangle two has a base of 5 and a height of 4. Find the area.
A = 44
A figure is composed of a square and a triangle. The length of each side of the square is 4. The base of the triangle is 4 and the height is 7. Find the area.
A =30
Sandra has a sandbox that has a width of 7 feet and a length of 8 feet. What is the total area of her sandbox?
56 sq. inches

Missing side length = 10m
What is the area of this square?

16 sq. cm.
What is the total area of the irregular figure below?
(4 x 5) + (3 x 1)
20 + 3
Area = 23 square cm

Area = 42 square meters

Determine the area of the irregular shape in square centimeters.
Area = 62 square centimeters
A sandbox has a total area of 20 sq. feet. The width is 5 feet long. What is the length of the sandbox?
20
5 = 4
The length is 4 feet long
Jane is building a deck on her pool. The deck will be 5 feet by 7 feet. She went to Lowes and bought 32 square feet of boards to build her deck. Did she buy enough? Explain
No, she needs 35 square feet of boards to build the deck. She only has 32 square feet. She will be short 3 square feet of material.
Sam is concreating a basketball court beside his house. His square court is 7 yards. How many yards of concrete will he need to buy?
7x7=49. He will need 49 square yards of concrete.
Tommy has a square game board. One side of his gameboard is 4 inches. What is the total area of his gameboard?
4x4=16 His gameboard is 16 square inches.
Brian is building an office on to the back of his house . His office will be a square that has one side measuring 10 feet. He purchased 112 square feet of material to build his office. Does he have enough to build?
Yes, he needed 100 square feet of material because 10x10 is 100. He has 112 square feet of material. He has 12 feet more than he needs.
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