Friday, 13 November 2015

Perimeter 9th October Compund shapes

Compound shapes

Sometimes the shape is more complicated. In this case you need to calculate 'missing' lengths and be particularly careful to include all the sides.
An L shape, with two sides measuring 2 cm, two sides measuring 3 cm, and two sides measuring 5 cm.
Perimeter = 2 + 2 + 3 + 3 + 5 + 5 = 20 cm
Question
A plan of a play area is shown below:

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