Question

The diagram shows a rectangle.

0.5 cm

7 cm.
Four of these rectangles are put together as shown.

Calculate the shaded area.​

Answer 1

42cm²

Explanation:

It is actually 7cm by 6cm

You are taking 2 x 0.5cm of the smaller sides rectangles which is 1. This leaves us with 6 x 7 = 42cm²