Question

Find the area of the following figure:

Answer 1

To find the area of the given figure, we need to count the number of complete squares enclosed by the figure. Then, we have to count the more than half-filled squares as complete squares.
Also, we have to count the exactly half-filled squares and ignore the less than half-filled squares.
Now, Number of complete squares = 6
Number of more than half –filled squares = 0
Number of less than half-filled squares = 0
Number of half-filled squares = 4
$\text{So, Area of the given figure}=6+\frac{1}{2}\times 4$
$=6+2$
= 8 square units