T.I.P.S.

  • Lightbulb Students must be able to decompose or break apart a composite figure formed by rectangles into separate rectangles that do not overlap, find the area of each rectangle, and add those areas to find the area of the original figure.

Example

  • What is the area of the shapes below? Show at least two ways for finding the area of each shape.
     
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