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This document outlines a lesson on calculating the areas of composite figures using the area addition postulate. It provides examples of breaking composite figures into simple shapes and adding or subtracting the individual areas. The objectives are to use the area addition postulate to find areas of composite figures and use them to estimate irregular shape areas. Exercises include finding total areas by adding or subtracting component areas and applying the concept to estimate dye needs for a fabric order.

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Lesson 1 Key

This document outlines a lesson on calculating the areas of composite figures using the area addition postulate. It provides examples of breaking composite figures into simple shapes and adding or subtracting the individual areas. The objectives are to use the area addition postulate to find areas of composite figures and use them to estimate irregular shape areas. Exercises include finding total areas by adding or subtracting component areas and applying the concept to estimate dye needs for a fabric order.

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Lesson 1: Composite
Figures
Teachers edition

Warmup

Objectives
nUse

the Area Addition Postulate to


find the areas of composite figures.

nUse

composite figures to estimate the


areas of irregular shapes.

Vocabulary
nComposite

figure: made up of simple


shapes (triangles, rectangles, circles,
trapezoids)

Area Addition Postulate


nThe

area of a region is the sum of the


areas of its overlapping parts

nWe

can take the areas of parts of our


whole figure, and then add them
together to find the area of the entire
figure

Ex 1a: Finding the Area through


Addition
n

Divide the figure into parts

Area of half circle:

Area of triangle:

Area of rectangle:

Shaded area: 50 + 280 + 84 521.1 mm2

Ex. 1b Finding the Area through


Addition
n

Divide the figure into parts.

Area of parallelogram:

A = bh = 8(5)= 40ft2
n

Area of triangle:

Shaded area:

40 + 25 = 65 ft2

Ex. 2a Finding the Area through


Subtraction
n

Subtract the area of the half circle from the area of the
triangle.

Area of a triangle:

Area of the half circle:

Area of figure:

234 10.125 202.2 ft2

Ex. 2b: Finding the Area through


Subtraction
n

Find the shaded area.

Area of circle:

A = r2 = (10)2 = 100 cm2


n

Area of trapezoid:

Area of figure:

100 128 186.2 cm2

Ex 3: Application
n

A company receives an order for 65 pieces of fabric in the


given shape. Each piece is to be dyed red. To dye 6 in2 of
fabric, 2 oz of dye is needed. How much dye is needed for
the entire order?

To find the area of the shape in

square inches, divide the shape


into parts.
n

The two half circles have the

same area as one circle.

Ex 3: Application (continued)
n

The area of the circle is (1.5)2 = 2.25 in2.

The area of the square is (3)2 = 9 in2.

The total area of the shape is 2.25 + 9 16.1 in2

The total area of the 65 pieces is 65(16.1) 1044.5 in2.

The company will need 1044.5 (2/6) 348 oz. of dye


for the entire order.

Ex. 4: Estimating the Area of


Composite Figures
n

Estimate the area of the figure.

Lesson Check
n

Area = 38.6 cm2

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