What is the area of this polygon?
(Hint: Think of this figure as a composite of smaller triangles and parallelograms)
Show or explain as a 7 year old
To find the area of this polygon, we can split it into smaller shapes like triangles and parallelograms. Then, we can find the area of each small shape and add them up to get the total area of the big polygon.
We can pretend that each side of the polygon is a straight line and connect the endpoints to make triangles and parallelograms. Once we have all the small shapes, we can use a formula to find the area of each one.
After we find the area of each small shape, we just add them all together to find the area of the big polygon. That's how we can find the total area of the polygon by thinking of it as a combination of smaller shapes like triangles and parallelograms.