Area & Perimeter of Composite Shapes (Year 9)
Free printable UK Year 9 (Key Stage 3) maths worksheet: find the area and perimeter of composite (compound) shapes built from rectangles.
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Area & Perimeter of Composite Shapes
Find the area (and perimeter, where asked) of each composite shape, built from rectangles.
- 1.A composite shape is a rectangle 12 cm by 10 cm with a rectangular corner of 7 cm by 5 cm cut out. Find (a) the area, and (b) the perimeter of the shape.
- 2.A composite shape is a rectangle 19 cm by 18 cm with a rectangular corner of 7 cm by 14 cm cut out. Find (a) the area, and (b) the perimeter of the shape.
- 3.A composite shape is a rectangle 16 cm by 10 cm with a rectangular corner of 11 cm by 7 cm cut out. Find (a) the area, and (b) the perimeter of the shape.
- 4.A composite shape is a rectangle 11 cm by 13 cm with a rectangular corner of 8 cm by 11 cm cut out. Find (a) the area, and (b) the perimeter of the shape.
- 5.A composite shape is a rectangle 13 cm by 17 cm with a rectangular corner of 3 cm by 2 cm cut out. Find (a) the area, and (b) the perimeter of the shape.
- 6.A composite shape is made from 2 non-overlapping rectangles: one 12 cm by 6 cm, and the other 3 cm by 10 cm. Find the total area of the shape.
- 7.A composite shape is made from 2 non-overlapping rectangles: one 11 cm by 10 cm, and the other 10 cm by 3 cm. Find the total area of the shape.
- 8.A composite shape is made from 2 non-overlapping rectangles: one 9 cm by 8 cm, and the other 10 cm by 9 cm. Find the total area of the shape.
- 9.A composite shape is made from 2 non-overlapping rectangles: one 12 cm by 13 cm, and the other 6 cm by 7 cm. Find the total area of the shape.
- 10.A composite shape is made from 2 non-overlapping rectangles: one 6 cm by 14 cm, and the other 4 cm by 5 cm. Find the total area of the shape.
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