The total area of a compound shape is found by adding up the areas of the rectangles that have created the whole shape. This may be done in more than one way. The calculation may use a subtraction of ...

Want to find the area of shapes based on rectangles? Estimate the area of a shape based on rectangles on a grid. Next, place rows and columns of squares inside two rectangles to work out the correct ...

To calculate the area of a composite shape you must divide the shape into rectangles, triangles or other shapes you can find the area of and then add the areas back together. You may have to calculate ...