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Area and Volume of Compound Shapes
 Area and Volume of Compound Shapes

• Use area formula on simple shapes and fi nd areas of compound shapes

• Find volume and surface area for cubes and cuboids

• Find volume of more complex solids

Area and Volume of Compound Shapes

Area, Volume, Shape, Surface Area, Compound

Shapes
quares, Rectangles and Parallelograms

Make sure all lengths have the same unit, convert

if necessary

Multiply the width, by the height

Don’t be tricked by useless

information

7cm
5cm
7cm
10cm
0.5m
50cm 10cm 5 x 10 = 50cm2
7 x 50 = 350cm2 10 x 10 = 100cm2
What would happen if we halved these shapes

The area of a triangle is half the area of the big shape, so:

Area of triangle = base x height ÷ 2

Remember the formula says HEIGHT not side

15cm
10cm

25cm
10 x 25 = 250
250 ÷ 2 = 125cm2
 a

Area of Trapeziums h
b

Youcan
You canfind
find
thethe area
area of aof a trapezium
trapezium bythe
by using using the formula-
formula-

(a ++b)
(12 10)÷2
÷2 xx 5h= 55cm 2

10cm

5cm

12cm
 a
 
Area of Trapeziums h
b

You can find the area of a trapezium by using the formula-

(a + b)
(7 13)÷2
÷2xxh4 = 40cm 2

7cm

4cm

13cm
 a

Area of Trapeziums h
b

You can
You canfind
findthe
the area
area of aof a trapezium
trapezium by the
by using using the formula-
formula-

(a + b)
(2 8) ÷2
÷2 xx h9 = 45cm 2

2cm

9cm

8cm
1 Use area formula on simple shapes and find areas of compound shapes

What
Whatisissimilar
similar//different
differentbetween
betweenthese
theseshapes?
shapes?
8cm 5cm
Why
Whydoes
doesthe
thetop
topof
ofthis
this
4cm shape
shapehave
havetwo
two 4cm
measurements?
measurements?
10cm
10cm
Could
CouldIIhave
haveworked
worked
out
outthat
thatthis
thisshape
shapewas
was
5cm
5cmwide?
wide?
3cm
3cm
O1 Use area formula on simple shapes and find areas of compound shapes

HowArea
How Area
do
do we == out
we find
find out
the
the measurements?
62cm 22
measurements?
62cm
4cm

3cm
6cm
4cm x 8cm
8cm = 32cm2
5cm x 6cm
= 30cm2
5cm

10cm
Use area formula on simple shapes and find areas of compound shapes

10cm

8cm
10cm
What’s
What’sthis
this
length?
length?

7cm
O1 Find area of compound shapes

Definitely Ummm…
4! I think 2

It must be
Is it 7?
10!
nswer

10cm

10cm x 8cm
= 80cm2 8cm
10cm

2cm x 7cm
= 14cm2 2cm
Area = 94cm
Area = 94cm
22
7cm
Example: Sam cuts grass at £0.10 per square
metre.
How much does Sam earn cutting this area?

Let’s break the area into two parts:

 Part A is a square:
→ Area of A = a² = 20m x 20m = 400m²

Part B is a triangle viewed sideways. It has a base of 20m and a height of

14m.
→ Area of B = x b x h = x 20 x 14 = 140m²

So the total area is:

→ Area = Area of A + Area of B = 400m 140m² = 540m²

Sam earns £0.10 per square metre

→ Sam earns £0.10 x 540m² = £54
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2 Find volume and surface area for cubes and cuboids

Volume is the amount of space an

object takes up.

Surface Area is the total area

across the surface.
(you could think of as the amount of wrapping
paper required)

General Formula
Volume of cuboid
= width x height
x length
O2 Find volume and surface area for cubes and cuboids
1
 
2cm

3cm
6cm

2
 

10cm
50cm
reaking up Solids

To find the volume, what might be our strategy here?

A  
10cm B
 2cm C
The Box of
A B C
Happiness
2cm
3cm 3cm

4cm
Another Example

Volume?
7 x 1 x 5 = 35cm³
5 x 4 x 5 = 100cm³
35 + 100 = 135cm³
4cm
Surface Area?
27 + 27 + 35 + 5 + 15 + 25 + 20 + 30
= 184cm²
6cm
1cm
5cm
7cm
Find volume of more complex solids

A prism is a solid where

you see the same ‘cross
section’ anywhere you
slice it.

How many cubes is each cross-section (i.e. layer) made up of?

8
How many cubes are there in the solid in total?
24
Can you think of a suitable formula in general?

length =
3
 LO4 Find volume of more complex solids
O3 Find volume of more complex solids

Examples:
 

3cm
7cm
4cm
 Area and Volume of Compound Shapes

• Use area formula on simple shapes and fi nd areas of compound shapes

• Find volume and surface area for cubes and cuboids

• Find volume of more complex solids

Area and Volume of Compound Shapes

Area, Volume, Shape, Surface Area, Compound

Shapes
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