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Area of Complex Figures

Area is additive. 4 m

This means areas of
figures can be 2 m 2 m
_____________________
together. 2 m
2 m

Follow these steps to find 9 m 9 m
the volume:
1. Split the shape into 7 m
two or more rectangles.
2. Find the area of
each rectangle. 2 m
3. Add the areas to find 2 m

the total area of the A.
figure. glue

Shapes can often be split B. 8 cm

in more than one way. 4 cm

8 cm
4 cm

4 cm 2 cm
6 cm
8 cm C.

4 cm
4 cm 8 cm
CD-104648 2 cm 6 cm

• 2 cm
Carson-Dellosa

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