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100
What is a composite figure?
A figure made from two or more geometric figures (or shapes).
100

What is the area of a square? (must have a diagram)

A = side squared

100

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 (show working and a diagram)

44

100

What is area?

How many square units a figure takes up.

100

What is the area of a parallelogram that has a base of 4.5 m and a height of 2.1 m? (show working)

9.45 m2 

200
How do you know if a figure is composite?
If it is made up of two or more geometric figures or shapes.
200

What is the area of a rectangle? (must have a diagram)

a=l x w

200

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.(show working and a diagram)

30

200
What is the first step in finding the area of a composite figure?
Separating the figure into simpler figures
200

A picture has an area of 96 cm2.  What is the length of the picture if the width is 32 cm?


3 cm

300
How do you find the area of a composite figure?
Find the area of each figure and add them together.
300

What is the area of a triangle? (must have a diagram)

1/2bh

300

A figure is composed of a rectangle with two triangles on each end. The base of the rectangle measures 3 and the height measures 2. The base of EACH triangle is 2 and the height of each triangle is 6. Find the area.(show working and a diagram)

 18.

300

!!DAILY DOUBLE!! Mila would like to put a glass top on her table. The tabletop measures 50 cm by 100 cm. If the glass costs $2.00 for 200 cm2, how much will Mila need to pay for the entire piece of glass? 

$50.00

300

A pool measures 7.5 m by 6.5 m.  The pool is 5.5 m deep.  Around the pool there is a tiled border that measures 9.7 m by 10.2 m. What is the area of the pool? (show working)

48.8 m

400
True or False? A composite figure must have an even number of sides?
False
400

What is the area of a parallelogram? (show diagram)

base x height


400

Calculate the area of this shape. (show working)

62cm2

400

Mr. Miles has two whiteboards in her room. One is 3 ft. wide and 8 ft. long. The other is 2.5 ft. wide and 7 ft. long. What is the total area of the shape?

41.5ft.

400

A pool measures 7.5 m by 6.5 m.  The pool is 5.5 m deep.  Around the pool there is a tiled border that measures 9.7 m by 10.2 m. What is the area of the tiled border? (show working)

50.2 m2

500
True or False? A composite figure can have a maximum of 3 shapes.
False
500

What is the area of a kite? (must have a diagram)

both diagonals multiplied and then divided by two
500

Calculate the perimeter of this shape. (show sorking)


83 cm

500

Miss Walton wants to build one large table with 5 smaller tables. The tables are measured in feet. The measurements are 3 by 8, 2 by 9, 5 by 25, 6 by 24, and 7 by 14. What is the total area of the large table?

409 ft. squared

500

Ayla’s parents are buying carpet that costs $12 for each square metre. How much will the carpet cost for the family room? (show working)


$360