Question

Find the area of this shape​

Answer 1

1×1=1

1×16=16

area of shape is 16.

one square is 1 (1×1)

by comparison you can see that the triangle shapes/non square shapes can be matched with another non square shape to form a square. there are a total of 16 squares

Answer 2

Area= 16

Explanation:

You find the area of a trapizoid.

The formula to finding the area of a trapizoid is (B1+B2)÷2=?*h

so B1 is equal to 5 and B2 is equal to 3. 5+3=8÷2=4. The hight is 4 so 4*4=16