Area of Compound Shapes

KS 3 Shape
Compound shapes?
 Are shapes made of more than one
shape
 To calculate area
 Break it up into separate shapes
 Calculate each area
 Add them
 For example
A Triangle
10 x 1 = 5 m2
2
B Rectangle
1m A

7m
10 x 6 = 60 m2
6m
B
TOTAL = 65 m2
10m
 For example
8m A Trapezium
3m (7 + 12) x 4 = 38 m2
2
B Rectangle
B
15 x 8 = 120 m2
12m

15m A 7m
4m
TOTAL = 158 m2
12m