Area of Composite Figures Worksheet and Guided Notes
Guided notes review area formulas for five basic shapes, then teach a four-step process for splitting composite figures into parts and finding missing side lengths before students practice.

- Grades
- Grade 7, Middle School
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Math, Geometry
- Topic
- area, composite figures
- Resource types
- Activities
- Preparation
- Print ready
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What's inside this resource
This resource was developed to PARTIALLY meet the requirements of the 7th Grade Geometry Standard below:
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.7.G.B.6
Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, volume and surface area of two- and three-dimensional objects composed of triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons, cubes, and right prisms.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Break a composite figure into familiar shapes and find its total area
- Find missing side lengths needed to compute area
- Calculate the area of a shaded region
Teaching tips
- The circles section is marked optional, so it could be held back until students have covered circle area.
Skills covered
- Formula recall — completing area formulas for squares, rectangles, parallelograms, triangles and trapezoids in the notes
- Multi-step problem solving — applying the four-step sectioning process across the composite-figure set
- Area with curves — working semicircle composites in the optional section
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Concepts & topics
Core concepts
- Area
- Composite figures
- Shaded regions
- Area formulas
- Semicircles
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