513: Compound Area

Can you come up with other, better, divisions?

source.

468: Fields of Green

What is the area of the whole hexagonal shape?

Can your students generalize this result?


Source:

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— Cliff Pickover (@pickover) May 19, 2015

395: One more Solvemymaths area question

What positive and negative shapes (and their dimensions) go into making this yellow figure?
source.

On a side note: isn't it cool that I can say the phrase "negative area" and no one bats an eye?

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391: Adding and Subtracting Shapes

What shapes (positive or negative) go into making the shaded area?
Include important dimensions.

How about here?

What shapes (positive or negative) go into making this figure?