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Find the Area of Part of a Square

In this worksheet, students will find areas of compound shapes made from squares.

'Find the Area of Part of a Square' worksheet

Key stage:  KS 3

Year:  Year 7 Maths worksheets

Curriculum topic:   Geometry and Measures

Curriculum subtopic:   Solve Problems Involving Perimeters and Areas of 2D Shapes

Popular topics:   Area worksheets, Geometry worksheets

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Worksheet Overview

You need to know the formula for finding the area of a rectangle:


Area of a rectangle = length × breadth

                               OR base × height

 

Example

Find the shaded area of the following shape.

 

Solution

Area of large square = 13 × 13 = 169 units2


Area of small square = 5 × 5 = 25 units2


Shaded area = 169 − 25 = 144 units2

 

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