Area Problems
Word Problems
Area of Irregular Shapes
MORE Area of Irregular shapes
100
What is the equation to determine the area of this shape?
5 x 5 = 25 sq. units
100
Mrs. Duquette tiled her hallway and kitchen floors this past weekend. The TOTAL AREA of both floors she tiled was 62 square feet. The diagram below shows the tiles on the kitchen floor.
What is the area of the HALLWAY?
14 square feet
100
Determine the TOTAL AREA of the irregular shape in square units.
(2 x 5) + (3 x 4)
10 + 12
Area = 22 square units
100
Find the area of the irregular shape?
(3 x 7) + (4 x 2)
21 + 8
Area = 29
200
What is the area of this square?
4 x 4 = 16 sq. cm.
200
A swimming pool was 9 meters wide and had a total area of 90 square meters. What is the length of the pool?
The length of the pool is 10 meters.
200
Determine the TOTAL AREA of the irregular shape in square centimeters.
(10 x 5) + (6 x 2)
50 + 12
Area = 62 square centimeters
200
Determine the area of the irregular shape. 
(8 x 5) + (2 x 2)
40 + 4
Area = 44
300
What is the area of this rectangle?
8 x 3 = 24 sq. cm.
300
A flower garden has length of 5 feet and a width of 4 feet. What is the total area of the garden?
Area = 20 square feet
300
Determine the TOTAL AREA of the irregular shape.
10 - 3 = 7 side
(8 x 3) + (7 x 7)
24 + 49
Area = 73 sq. cm.
300
Determine the area of the irregular shape.
(9 x 4) + (3 x 3)
36 + 9
Area = 45
400
8 x 9 = 72 square feet
D.
400
What expression could be used to find the area of this figure?
9 x 4 = 36 square units
OR
4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 +4 + 4 + 4 = 36 square units
400
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.
400
Determine the area of the irregular shape. 
(5 x 5) + (5 x 7)
25 + 35
Area = 60
500
21 sqare inches
500
A rectangular ink pad is 6 centimeters tall and 9 centimeters wide. What is its area?
54 square centimeters
500
122 square cm
500
4cm
66 square cm