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Course: Middle school math (India) > Unit 1

Lesson 9: Week 9
Math
Middle school math (India)
Bridge (6th)
Week 9
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Finding area of a road made in a rectangular and square field

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Problem

The figure below shows a large rectangle with a small rectangle cut out of it.
An 8-sided figure in the shape of a large rectangle with a small rectangle cut out from the top. The large rectangle has a length of 7 units and a width of 7 units. The space left from the small rectangle has a length of 3 units and a width of 3 units.
What is the area of the figure?
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • an exact decimal, like 0.75
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3/5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7/4
  • a mixed number, like 1 3/4
 square units