LESSON 2 ASSIGNMENT
U
se a separate piece of paper for your Journal entry.
REMEMBER
ASSIGNMENT
JOURNAL
Define composite figure and You can determine the area of a composite figure by
draw a picture of an example. decomposing it into familiar shapes and then adding
together the areas of those shapes.
PRACTICE
1 Calculate the area of each composite figure.
a 20 in.
7 in.
7 in.
b 4 ft
3 ft
6 ft 3 ft
11 ft
6m 12 m
2 A city wants to create a garden according
to the plan shown. Calculate the area of
the garden.
8m
10 m
12 m
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4m
8m
5m 4m
5m 3m
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LESSON 2 ASSIGNMENT Continued
3 The figure shown is composed of a rectangle 4 cm
and a hexagon. The length of each side of the
hexagon is 2 centimeters. Determine the area
of the shaded region. 2 cm
1
3
2
5m
4 The figure shown is composed of a triangle
7m
within a trapezoid. Determine the area of the 1
4 m
2 6m
shaded region.
9m
STRETCH Optional
\ Calculate the area of each shaded region.
1 Given: MR = RS = 5 feet, ST = PT = 10 feet, and 2 The figure is composed of 2 congruent
NS = QS = 12 feet. triangles and a rhombus.
N
4 in.
R S T
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5 in.
4 in.
4 in.
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