# Area

The amount of surface that a plane figure covers is called its area. It’s unit is square centimeters or square meters etc.

We can find the area of the surface enclosed, by finding the number of complete unit squares inside the figure drawn on a square sheet. The unit of area is square centimeter.

A rectangle, a square, a triangle and a circle are all examples of closed plane figures.

In the following figures, the shaded region of each of the object is the surface occupied by it. We call it area.

Interior and Exterior of a Region

The part of the plane enclosed by a closed figure is called the interior region and the part of the plane outside the enclosed figure is called the exterior region.

In the adjacent figure a rectangle ABCD is shown. It’s interior and exterior regions are also shown here.

Area is always measured in squares and the unit of area square units (sq. cm., sq. m. or cm2, m2).

Let us draw some plane shape on a square sheet as shown below.

Here, we can see that the shape at figure (i) is the smallest in size or we can say that it encloses least space or surface than figure (ii) and figure (iii). Let us compare the surface of paper enclosed by each shapes. The shape at figure (i) encloses only one unit square on the graph sheet. The shape at figure (ii) encloses 4 unit squares and the shape at figure (iii) encloses 9 unit squares on the graph sheet. We observe that larger shapes encloses more surface than the smallest shapes. The surface enclosed by a plane shape is called its area.

Measuring Regions:

We know that a flat surface is called a plane. A square, a triangle and a circle are some examples of plane shapes. The amount of surface enclosed is called its area. We can calculate the area of a plane shape drawn on a square sheet by counting the unit squares enclosed by it.

For irregular shapes, we count 2 half squares as one and ignore those squares whose less than half part is enclosed by the figure.

Unit of Area:

The area is measured in square units. A square of side 1 cm or 1 m is used as standard units. Smaller unit of area is square cm or sq. cm. Bigger areas are measured in meters and kilometers.

We measure a given region by a unit region and find how many such unit regions are contained in the given region.

The measure of a region is called its area.

The area is always expressed in square units. The standard units that are generally used for measuring area are square centimeter and square meter.

The area of a square with side 1 cm each is 1 cm × 1 cm = 1 square centimeter. In short, it is expressed as cm2 or sq. cm.

The area of a square with side 1 m each is 1 m × 1 m = 1 square meter. In short, it is expressed as m2 or sq. m.

Area is a measure of any area surface, e.g., the surface of a table, the surface of your pencil box etc.

Area is two dimensional.

It means, to find the area of any surface we need to know two sides.

Note: Here we’ll discuss only areas of square and rectangles. Given below is a table of units of sides and corresponding units for areas.

Conversion Table:

1 m. = 100 cm.

1 sq. m. = 10000 sq. cm.

1 cm. = 10 mm.

1 sq. cm. = 100 sq. mm.

1 km = 1000 m

For finding the area of a given figure, make sure that the sides (length or breadth) are in the same unit of length. If they are given in different units, change them to the same unit.

The measure of space in a region is called its area.

The area of a square of side 1 cm is 1 square centimetre (sq.cm) or 1 centimetre2 (cm2).

Observe the following squares.

(i) In the below figure the dotted line divides the square of side 2 cm into 4 squares of equal area.

Side of each small square = 1 cm

Area of each small square = 1 cm2

Total area of the square = 4 × 1 cm= 4 cm2

But we know that 2 cm × 2 cm = 4 cm2

(ii) In given figure the dotted line divides the square of side 3 cm into 9 squares of equal area.

Side of each small square = 1 cm

Area of each small square = 1 cm2

Total area of the square = 9 × 1 cm2 = 9 cm2

But we know that 3 cm × 3 cm = 9 cm2

Area of a square = side × side

For Example:

1. Find the area of a square of side 8 cm.

Side = 8 cm

Area of the square = side × side

= 8 cm × 8 cm

= 64 cm2 or 64 sq.cm

Given below is a rectangle of length 7 cm and breadth 3 cm. It is divided into squares of area 1 cm2.

Count the number of squares. There are 21 squares.

The total area of the rectangle        = Area of 21 squares

= 21 cm2

But we know that 7 cm × 3 cm      = 21 cm2

Area of a rectangle = length × breadth

For Example:

1. Find the area of a rectangle whose length and breadth are 9 cm and 3 cm respectively.

Length = 9 cm

Area of the rectangle = length × breadth

= 9 cm × 3 cm = 27 cm2

Solved Examples on Measuring Regions:

1. Find the area of the figures given on a graph sheet of 1 cm × 1 cm squares.

Solution:

Figure (i):

$$\frac{1}{2}$$ squares = 6; Full Squares = 6

Area = $$\frac{1}{2}$$ × 6 + 6 = 9 sq. cm.

Figure (ii):

Number of Squares = 12

Area = 12 sq. cm.

2. Find the area of following figures on the graph sheet of 1 cm square.

 There are 4 squares in figure (i).So, the area of figure (i) is 4 sq. cm There are 8 squares in figure (ii).So, the area of figure (ii) is 8 sq. cm

Now, answer the following questions to have a quick review of what we have learnt so far.

1. For the given figures find the area of each figure if each side of a square is 1 unit.

(i) 32 sq. units

(ii) 26 sq. units

2. If area of each square is 1 square cm find the area of the given figures.

(i) Area =

(ii) Area =

(iii) Area =

(iv) Area =

(i) 40 sq. cm

(ii) 36 sq. cm

(iii) 22 sq. cm

(iv) 20 sq. cm

3. Draw any three polygons of the largest possible size in the given grids and calculate their area if each side of a square is 1 cm.

4. Draw any shapes in the grids with the following area if each side of a square is 1 unit.

(i) Area = 9 square units

(ii) Area = 20 square units

(iii) Area = 15 square units

5. Fill in the blanks:

(i) …………………….. measures the surface covered by a 2D shape.

(ii) The area of a rectangle with length 5 m and breadth 10 m will be ……………………..

(i) Area

(ii) 50 sq. units

6. Find the area of the following squares having sides.

(i) 10 cm

(ii) 9 cm

(iii) 3 cm

(iv) 7 cm

(v) 6 cm

6. (i) 100 cm2

(ii) 81 cm2

(iii) 9 cm2

(iv) 49 cm2

(v) 36 cm2

7. Find the area of each of the following rectangles having:

(i) Length = 6 cm            Breadth = 4 cm

(ii) Length = 5 cm           Breadth = 2 cm

(iii) Length = 10 cm        Breadth = 6 cm

(iv) Length = 7 cm          Breadth = 4 cm

7. (i) 24 cm2

(ii) 10 cm2

(iii) 60 cm2

(iv) 28 cm2

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