Total Area of the land = Area of 1 + Area of 2 + Area of 3 +

Area of 4 + Area of Trapezium.

Remember :
Area of the land is expressed in hectares.
Worked Example :
Example 1 : Plan out and find the area of the field from the following notes from
the field book.
Meter to D
150
100
To E 80

70 to C

80
30

40 to B

From A
Solution : Scale 20 mts = 1 cm
Observe that,

AM = 30 mts
50

AN = 80 mts

70
P

MP = (100-30)

C
20

= 70 mts

80

ND = (150-80)

50

= 70 mts
40

PD = (150-100)

30

= 50 mts

1) Area of ABM

1
bh
2

1
x 30 x 40
2

= 600 sq.mts
250

2) Area of Trapezium MDCP =

=

1
h (a+b)
2
1
x 70 (70+40)
2

= 3850 sq.mts
3) Area of DPC

1
x 50 x 70
2

= 1750 sq. mts

4) Area of DEN

1
x 80 x 70
2

= 2800 sq. mts

5) Area of NEA

1
x 80 x 80
2

= 3200 sq. mts

Area of the field ABCDE

= 600 + 3850 + 1750 + 2800 + 3200

= 12200 sq mts.
= 1.22 hectares

Observe :
1 hectare =10,000 sq.mts.

Exercise : 9.7
1) Draw a plan and calculate the area of a level ground using the information given
below.
Meters to C
220
To D 120

210
120

To E 180

80
From A

251

200 to B

2) Plan out and find the area of the field from the data given from the Surveyors
field book
Meters to E
350
To D 100

300

To C 75

250

150 to F

150
To B 50

100 to G

50
From A

3) Sketch a rough plan and calculate the area of the field ABCDEFG from the following
data.
Meters to D
225
To E 90

175
125

To F 60

100

To G 15

80

20 to C

60

70 to B

From A
4) Calculate the area of the field shown in the diagram below :
[Measurements are in meters]

B
C

35
F

40
D

30

25
G

30

70
A

252