Area of Rectilinear Shapes
This worksheet focuses on calculating the area of rectilinear shapes by decomposing them into simpler rectangles.
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Area of Rectilinear Shapes
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Read each question carefully and calculate the area of the rectilinear shapes. Show your work.
1. Find the area of the rectilinear shape shown below. All angles are right angles.
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2. Calculate the area of the L-shaped figure. All measurements are in meters.
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3. To find the area of a complex rectilinear shape, you can it into simpler rectangles or squares.
4. The formula for the area of a rectangle is times .
5. A rectilinear shape must have all interior angles equal to 90 degrees.
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6. You can only decompose a rectilinear shape in one way to find its area.
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7. A garden has the shape of a rectilinear figure with sides 12 ft, 5 ft, 4 ft, 7 ft, 8 ft, and 12 ft. Draw the shape and find its total area.
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