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6th grade

Course: 6th grade > Unit 8

Lesson 3: Area of composite figures
Math
6th grade
Plane figures
Area of composite figures
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Area of composite shapes

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Problem

There is exactly 1 pair of parallel sides in the following shape.
What is the area of the shape?
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3, slash, 5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7, slash, 4
  • a mixed number, like 1, space, 3, slash, 4
  • an exact decimal, like 0, point, 75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12, space, start text, p, i, end text or 2, slash, 3, space, start text, p, i, end text
start text, space, u, n, i, t, s, end text, squared
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