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Finding area can be tricky depending on your age. In a fifth grade math book would be a good reference but we have internet. Area = the Length x the width and the answer will be in square units. In algebra your problem will look like this: A= L x W A = square units. An example for a problem could be... the length of a floor is 4 ft. and the width is 2 ft. What is the area?
Next you would say: Area=2x4 2x4=8
Area = 8 sq. ft. TADA!!!!
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How many different ways are there to find the area of an irregular shape?
You can name it or break it down
What is the formula to find the area to a triangle?
They are many ways to find the formula of a triangle. Base times height divided by 2
How do you find the area of an odd shape?
There are many ways to find the area of an odd shape. Usually, you have to break the shape down into shapes that you can calculate the area of, and then add the areas of all of those individual shapes to get the area of the entire odd shape.Example:_____|_____\There is no way to find the area of this figure, so you have to break it down into two, easy to find shapes.____|___|\You can see that there is a rectangle and a triangle. You can easily find the area of a rectangle with L X W, and a triangle with 1/2(b)(h). Since it is impossible to find the area of that irregular quadrilateral in one equation, you have to split it into two known shapes (the rectangle and triangle), find the area of each, and then add the areas together to get the area of the entire piece.
Describe two ways to find the area of a rectangle?
length times width and width times length l x w and w x l
Is base times height the same as length times width?
Yes, both methods are ways to find the area of either a square, rectangle or even a parallelogram.
