{"id":20331,"date":"2026-05-22T00:52:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T18:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/a-shape-is-made-from-a-rectangle-12-cm-by-12-cm-and-a-triangle-with-base-6-cm-and-height-7-cm-what-is-the-total-area\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T00:52:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T18:52:56","slug":"a-shape-is-made-from-a-rectangle-12-cm-by-12-cm-and-a-triangle-with-base-6-cm-and-height-7-cm-what-is-the-total-area","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/a-shape-is-made-from-a-rectangle-12-cm-by-12-cm-and-a-triangle-with-base-6-cm-and-height-7-cm-what-is-the-total-area\/","title":{"rendered":"A shape is made from a rectangle 12 cm by 12 cm and a triangle with base 6 cm and height 7 cm. What is the total area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A shape is made from a rectangle 12 cm by 12 cm and a triangle with base 6 cm and height 7 cm. What is the total area?<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options wp-block-list\">\n<li>186 cm\u00b2<\/li>\n<li>144 cm\u00b2<\/li>\n<li>165 cm\u00b2<\/li>\n<li>21 cm\u00b2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[2843,2859],"subject":[2746],"education_level":[2495],"class_list":["post-20331","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-area-of-triangle","topic-composite-area","subject-mensuration","education_level-grade-7"],"mcq_note":"Total area = rectangle area + triangle area = 12\u00d712 + 1\/2\u00d76\u00d77 = 144 + 21 = 165 cm\u00b2. For a shaded or remaining part, find each simple area first, then subtract the part that is removed. Use the perpendicular height, not a slanted side, because the height must make a right angle with the base. The answer is in square units because area measures the surface covered by the triangle.","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"186 cm\u00b2"},{"right":"no","answer":"144 cm\u00b2"},{"right":"yes","answer":"165 cm\u00b2"},{"right":"no","answer":"21 cm\u00b2"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":2746,"title":"Mensuration","slug":"mensuration"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":2843,"title":"Area of Triangle","slug":"area-of-triangle"},{"id":2859,"title":"Composite Area","slug":"composite-area"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/20331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=20331"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=20331"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=20331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}