This shape is drawn on a centimetre square grid. Work out the area of the shape. What is the area of this shape, if the area of each grid square is 1 cm 2? There are 10 squares contained in this ...

8 \times (4 + 4 + 4) = 8 \times 12 = 96~\text{cm}^2\) Calculate the area of the square which has been removed. Subtract the area of this square from the rectangle. Break the shape into two squares ...