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Area is the amount of space inside the boundary of a flat object (such as a square or circle). Example: These shapes all have the same area of 9:
Area of Plane Shapes There are special formulas for certain shapes: Example: What is the area of this rectangle?
Area = 5 3 = 15
Finding Area by Counting Squares You can count the number of squares to find an area.
The squares may not match the shape exactly, so you will need to "approximate" an answer. One way is: more than half a square counts as 1 less than half a square counts as 0 Like this:
Or just use your eyes and count a whole square when the areas seem to add up, like with this circle, where the area marked "4" seems equal to about 1 whole square (also for "8"):
This pentagon has an area of approximately 17 This circle has an area of approximately 14