Click onto the link below to watch Mr Shuttleworth's maths video for today.
Now use your knowledge of shapes to sort these statements under the correct heading.
How to Calculate the Area of Compound Shapes
Use this video to help you if you are finding it hard. There are two strategies you could try- use the one that you find the easiest.
When working the area out of compound shapes we always split them up to make it easier to calculate. See the example above that shows you how the shape would be split up and how you would calculate the area of this shape.
Choose one of the activities below to complete.