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Problem solving - area and perimeter

Solve problems involving areas and perimeters of 2D shapes

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Grade 3–6 Core 🇬🇧 UK

Area and Perimeter of Compound Shapes (Must Know!!) | Grade 5+ Crossover | GCSE Maths Tutor

The GCSE Maths Tutor 58K views

Full walkthrough of compound-shape problems: missing sides, shaded regions and working-backwards, all exam-style.

Jump to 0:35Functional Floor Plans 3:32Missing Side Lengths 6:09Shaded Regions 9:37Practice Question 12:28Area of a Pentagon 16:40Functional Area with a Trapezium

Grade 3–6 Core 🇬🇧 UK

Compound Shapes - GCSE Maths

1st Class Maths 67K views

Clear GCSE compound-shape examples covering perimeter, area, shaded regions and working backwards from a given area.

Jump to 0:30Finding perimeters 0:58Finding areas 1:56Example 1 - Two rectangles forming an L shape 5:08Example 2 - A rectangle and a triangle 7:19Example 3 - Finding a shaded region 7:58Example 4 - Working backwards

Grade 3–5 Core 🇬🇧 UK

GCSE Maths - How to find the Area of Compound Shapes (2026/27 exams)

Cognito 125K views

Short, sharp GCSE method for splitting compound shapes into rectangles, triangles and trapeziums to find area.

Jump to 0:24Recap: Area Formulas for Simple Shapes 1:05Example 1: Splitting the Shape (Rectangle & Triangle)2:58Example 2: Splitting the Shape (Rectangle & Trapezium)

Grade 3–5 Core 🇺🇸 US

Finding the Perimeter and Area of a Composite Shape | L-Shaped Example | Geometry | Math with Mr. J

Math with Mr. J 794K views

Step-by-step composite L-shape example showing how to find missing sides, perimeter and area.