In this task, you will calculate the area of a complicated shape by splitting it into simpler shapes. Cut out shape C. Shape C is not a regular shape, so you cannot directly apply a formula to find its area. Split shape C into simpler shapes whose areas you can find by applying formulas.
1. List the simple shapes into which you divided shape C, and measure their sides. Write all the measurements in inches.
2. Calculate the areas of all the shapes you cut out from C. Show your calculations.
3. What is the area of shape C?
4. Ask three other students how they split shape C. Were their shapes the same as yours? Did they get the same area as you did?