To work out the area of a square or rectangle, multiply its height by its width. If the height and width are in cm, the area is shown in cm². If the height and width are in m, the area is shown in m². A square with sides of 5 m has an area of 25 m², because 5 × 5 = 25.
What is the formula for calculating area?
How to calculate area?
- Square area formula: A = a²
- Rectangle area formula: A = a * b.
- Triangle area formulas: A = b * h / 2 or. ...
- Circle area formula: A = πr²
- Circle sector area formula: A = r² * angle / 2.
- Ellipse area formula: A = a * b * π
- Trapezoid area formula: A = (a + b) * h / 2.
- Parallelogram area formulas:
How do I calculate the area of an irregular shape?
The area of irregular shapes can be determined by dividing the given shape into smaller regular shapes. The area of irregular shapes can be determined by dividing the given shape into smaller regular shapes.
