Real Life Area of Composite Figures

Area Formulas Square Area = side squared Rectangle Area = length times width Parallelogram Area = base times height Triangle Area = half of the base times the height Trapezoid Area = half of the height times the sum of the bases EXPLAIN how to find the area of composite shapes. Be specific and use math vocabulary. Congratulations! You are the proud owner of a beautiful new home! Below is a blueprint of your house. Use the blueprint to help you make some important calculations! Draw each figure on a sheet of graph paper. For example, this would be the figure for question 1. 1. You are planning on putting new carpet into the master bedroom and the master closet. The carpet costs $1.34 per square foot. Determine how much you will need to pay for the carpet. Total Area of the Rooms: 194 square feetTotal Cost of the Carpet: $259.96 2. You have decided to paint one of the walls in the dining room blue. The shape of the wall is shown below. One gallon of paint covers 50 square feet. The wall will need 2 coats of paint. How many gallons of paint would you need to paint the wall? Total Area of the Wall: 100square feetGallons of Paint Needed: 4 gallons 3. You are going to turn Bedroom 2 into your new office space. You would like to put new hardwood floors down. The cost of hardwood is $3.05 per square foot. Calculate the total cost of the hardwood (Bedroom 2 ONLY - NOT the closet). Total Area of the Bedroom: 140square feetTotal Cost of the Hardwood: $427 4. The floors in the family room and entry need to be professionally cleaned. The cost of the cleaning company is $0.52 per square foot. Calculate the total cost to clean the floors. Total Area of the Rooms: 261square feetTotal Cost of Cleaning: $135.72 Bill's flower garden has an area of 28 square feet. The rectangular garden is 7 feets long. What is the width of the garden? 4 feet 8 feet 21 feet 35 feet What is the area of a triangle with a base of 2 1 feet and a height of 1 1 feet? 1 1 ft² 1 7 ft² 2 1 ft² 2 7 ft² 3 3 ft² Perimeter wood to frame a window amount of fencing needed for a backyard border for a bulletin board Area grass in the backyard glass in the window painting a room Find the area of the shaded region. 180 cm² The area of a parallelogram is 24 square inches. Find the base if the height is 3 inches. Base = 8 inches A square has an area of 144 square feet. What is the length of each side? Length = 12 feet Margo is painting a large canvas. One tube of paint covers 100 square inches of canvas. The canvas she wants to paint is 2 feet tall and 6 feet wide. How many tubes of paint will she need to cover the entire canvas? She will need 18 tubes of paint to cover the entire canvas. Explain - IN DETAIL - how you found your answer.