Question

What is the approximate area of the shaded region?

A.178.5 square centimeters
B. 100 square centimeters
C. 78.5 square centimeters
D. 21.5 square centimeters

Answer 1

Tell me the two shapes you see in this picture.

Answer 2

Square and Circle

Answer 3

Good. Do you know how to find the area of a square and the area of a circle?

Answer 4

Area(square) = s*s, where s is the length of a side
Area(circle) = pi*r*r, where r is the radius of a circle

Answer 5

Okay what next

Answer 6

Err, do you know what the area of a shape means?

Answer 7

The area of a shape is the amount of room that is inside the lines.