Surface Area of Composite Shapes

Dad built a brick footpath in the house

compound as shown in the diagram.

Find the area of the brick footpath.

• 32 m²

• 30 m²

• 34 m²

• 24 m²

To Find the Area of Composite Shapes, like the one shown, you simply...

• Divide the shape into simple known shapes, find the area of each shape, and add the areas together.

• Create a new shape and find the area of that shape.

• Divide the shape into simple known shapes, find the area of each shape, and multiply the areas together.

• Find the area of each shape and subtract the areas of the smaller shapes from the largest shape.

What is the area of this shape?

• 54 cm2

• 45 cm2

• 63 cm2

• 36 cm2

What is the area of this shape?

• 20 sq cm

• 4 sq cm

• 30 sq cm

• 24 sq cm

What is the area of this composite shape?

• 14 in²

• 68 in²

• 36 in²

• 24 in²

What is the area of the composite figure?

• 144 m²

• 111 m²

• 45 m²

• 70 m²

The arrow shown is on a sign. What is the area of the arrow?

• 17 in2

• 40 in2

• 52 in2

• 61 in2

Mr. Hubbs bought a new home and wanted to place new grass on his lawn around his house. What is the area of the shaded area shown, his lawn?

• 13,600 ft²

• 16,240 ft²

• 16,000 ft²

• 2,400 ft²

What is the surface area of the composite solid?

• 216 m²

• 248 m²

• 256 m²

• 224 m²

What is the surface area of this figure

• 30.2 yd²

• 50.2 yd²

• 47.2 yd²

• 54.5 yd²