C001 · Additive FiguresISO 128 · 1:1
Square House — composite figure at 1:1 scale with dimensions, area 40.32 cm²
A = l² + ½·b·h

Primary school · TypeLab 2D

Square House

Square House: a composite plane figure made of a square with side 5.6 cm, joined with a triangle with base 5.6 cm and height 3.2 cm. It is a classic primary school geometry problem (“Additive Figures”). The net area is 40.32 cm² and the total perimeter is 25.3 cm.

Certified measurements (1:1 scale)

Net area
40.32 cm²
Total perimeter
25.3 cm
Bounding box
5.6 × 8.8 cm
Basic shapes
2
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Step-by-step decomposition

  1. 1.Basesquare with side 5.6 cm31.36 cm²
  2. 2.+triangle with base 5.6 cm and height 3.2 cm8.96 cm²

Area of each basic shape before the Boolean composition.

How to find the area

Area formula: A = l² + ½·b·h

Split the figure into basic shapes, find each area, add the joined parts and subtract the cut-outs: A = 31.36 + 8.96 = 40.32 cm².

Editable in PowerPoint & Office

The .PPTX file contains native DrawingML shapes: outlines, dimensions and labels stay separate objects you can recolor and edit in PowerPoint, Keynote and Google Slides. The .SVG file is pure vector art at 1:1 scale on an A4 sheet, ready for print, LaTeX and textbook layout.

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