Question

Find the area of the shaded polygons:

Answer 1

9

Explanation:

A simpler way of doing this is using pick's theorem.

Pick's theorem is:

i + b/2 - 1 which translates to: interior points + boundary points/2 - 1

Interior points: There is 5 interior points

Boundary points: There is 10 boundary points

---> 5 + 10/2 - 1

= 9

Answer 2

9

Explanation:

You could divide this into several smaller shapes, such as triangles and trapezoids. But with this one, it might be simpler to count the full squares, half squares, and partial squares.

Full square - 4

Half squares - 3 ( for an area of 1.5)

Two squares divided in half - 2

Three squares divided in half - 1 (for an area of 1.5)

4+1.5+2+1.5=9