Question

area of composite shapes practice worksheet

1. find the area of the shaded region of the figure below. each small square is 1 cm x 1cm.

Explanation:

Step1: Count full - squares

Count the number of full - shaded small squares. There are 12 full - shaded small squares.

Step2: Calculate area

Since the area of each small square is $1\times1 = 1$ $cm^{2}$, the area of the shaded region is the number of full - shaded small squares times the area of one small square. So the area $A=12\times1 = 12$ $cm^{2}$.

Answer:

$12$ $cm^{2}$