AREA of the Shapes Formula Explained with Clear Examples and 9 Comprehensive Video Lessons

What is the Area of the Shapes?
A shape is defined as a figure surrounded by a closed boundary in geometry. The closed boundary consists of lines, curves and points. The amount of space inside the boundary that expresses the extent of a two-dimensional shape is defined as an area. The area is measured in square units, such as m2, cm2, mm2, km2 or ha.
The area of the shapes includes:
- rectangles
- squares
- triangles
- parallelograms
- rhombus
- kites
- trapezia, plural of trapezium
- circles
- composite shapes
How to Handle Metric Units of Area?
Conversion between \( \text{m}^2 \) and \( \text{cm}^2 \)
\( \begin{align} \text{1 m}^2 &= \text{100 cm} \times \text{100 cm} = \text{10 000 cm}^2 \\ \text{2 m}^2 &= 2 \times \text{10 000 cm}^2 = \text{20 000 cm}^2 \\ \text{500 cm}^2 &= 500 \div \text{10 000 m}^2 = \text{0.05 m}^2 \end{align} \)
Conversion between \( \text{m}^2 \) and \( \text{km}^2 \)
\( \begin{align} \text{1 km}^2 &= \text{1000 m} \times \text{1000 m} = \text{1000 000 m}^2 \\ \text{3 km}^2 &= 3 \times \text{1000 000 m}^2 = \text{3000 000 m}^2 \\ \text{1200 m}^2 &= 1200 \div \text{1000 000 km}^2 = \text{0.0012 km}^2 \end{align} \)
Conversion between \( \text{m}^2 \) and \( \text{mm}^2 \)
\( \begin{align} \text{1 m}^2 &= \text{1000 mm} \times \text{1000 mm} = \text{1000 000 mm}^2 \\ \text{3.1 m}^2 &= 3.1 \times \text{1000 000 mm}^2 = \text{3100 000 mm}^2 \\ \text{5600 mm}^2 &= 5600 \div \text{1000 000 m}^2 = \text{0.0056 m}^2 \end{align} \)
Conversion between \( \text{cm}^2 \) and \( \text{mm}^2 \)
\( \begin{align} \text{1 cm}^2 &= \text{10 mm} \times \text{10 mm} = \text{100 mm}^2 \\ \text{3.1 cm}^2 &= 3.1 \times \text{100 mm}^2 = \text{310 mm}^2 \\ \text{86 000 mm}^2 &= 86 \ 000 \div \text{100 cm}^2 = \text{860 cm}^2 \end{align} \)
Conversion between \( \text{m}^2 \) and \( \text{ha} \)
\( \begin{align} \text{1 ha} &= \text{100 m} \times \text{100 m} = \text{10 000 m}^2 \\ \text{3.4 ha} &= 3.4 \times \text{10 000 m}^2 = \text{34 000 m}^2 \\ \text{45 000 m}^2 &= 45 \ 000 \div \text{10 000 ha} = \text{4.5 ha} \end{align} \)
Conversion between \( \text{km}^2 \) and \( \text{ha} \)
\( \begin{align} \text{1 km}^2 &= \text{1000 m} \times \text{1000 m} = \text{1000 000 m}^2 = 100 \times \text{10 000 m}^2 = \text{100 ha} \\ \text{1.23 km}^2 &= 1.23 \times \text{100 ha} = \text{123 ha} \\ \text{450 ha} &= 450 \div \text{100 km}^2 = \text{4.5 km}^2 \end{align} \)
Area of Rectangles

$$ \text{Area of a Rectangle} = \text{base} \times \text{height} $$
Area of Squares

$$ \begin{align} \text{Area of a Square} &= \text{side} \times \text{side} \\ &= \text{side}^2 \end{align} $$
Area of Triangles

$$ \text{Area of a Triangle} = \displaystyle \frac{1}{2} \times \text{base} \times \text{height} $$
Area of Parallelograms

$$ \text{Area of a Rectangle} = \text{base} \times \text{height} $$
Area of Rhombus and Kites
Area of Trapezia
Area of Circles
Area of Composite Shapes
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