Answer:
6 units²
Explanation:
The strategies to use in finding the area of the figure shaded below are:
1. Consider each grid square as having a width of 1 unit, and a lenght/height of 1 unit.
2. Area of 1 grid square = 1*1 = 1 units²
3. Area of 1 full grid square = 1 unit², area of half grid square = ½ of 1 = ½ units²
4. Count the number of full grid squares and multiply it by 1 unit²
Thus, number of full grid squares = 4
Area of full grid squares = 4*1 = 4 units²
5. Count the number of half grid squares and multiply by ½ units²
There are 4 half grid squares.
Area of half grid squares = 4*½ = 2 units²
6. Add the areas of the full grid squares and the half grid squares to get the area of the figure:
Area of the figure = 4 + 2 = 6units²