The area of a compound shape can be calculated by adding the areas of the shapes it is made from. Break the shape into two squares and a rectangle. Calculate the area of each shape. \(4 \times 4 = 16~ ...
The area of each square is 1 cm 2. There are 12 squares contained in this rectangle. The area of the rectangle is 12 cm 2. The area of a rectangle can also be calculated using the following formula.