Area of four shapes

Area of four shapes

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This task is about the square unit area of shapes.

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What is the area of each shape?
Write the number of units.
a)  Shape A =  units2
b)  Shape B =  units2
c)  Shape C =  units2
d)  Shape D = units2
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3
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Description of task: 
Students calculate the area of four different shapes on a grid.
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Y6 (09/2000)

a)

15

easy

b)

12

moderate

c)

12.5

moderate

d)

17

difficult