Question

@AZ C:

Answer 1

We have three shapes

Do you see the three shapes?

Answer 2

yes

Answer 3

so that red shape

it's a rhombus

that means the area is the base (10 meters) times the height (7 meters)

area = base * height

can you tell me the area?
multiply the 2 numbers

Answer 4

70

Answer 5

Good!

Now the little blue box is a square

it has sides of 4

what is the area?

area = side * side

Answer 6

so i do 70*4?

Answer 7

no no

the 70 you just keep it stored in your memory

now we're looking at a totally different shape
so this square has sides of 4

squares have four sides that all have the same length

so area for a square = side * side
and the sides are all 4

so area of a square = 4 * 4

Answer 8

16

Answer 9

good! Now do you know how to find the area of a triangle?

Answer 10

we have a base of 4 and a height of 15

area of triangle = 1/2 * base * height

Answer 11

yea i think so
it equal 60 so we cut it in half to make it 30?

Answer 12

Bingo!

Answer 13

So add up all three numbers because the area of the ENTIRE figure is just the area of all the pieces added up together so

70 + 16 + 30 =

Answer 14

126

Answer 15

oopsie doopsie

add the numbers again

Answer 16

116?

Answer 17

Much better!

Answer 18

woah ty az C:

Answer 19

No problem!