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A gardener needs to order turf to lay a lawn. This is a plan of the lawn. What is the area?

(Tip: Look carefully at the measurements before you decide how to work this out. It's easier to multiply a whole number and a decimal rather than two decimals).

Diagram of a rectangular shape with a small rectangle cut out at the bottom right corner. Dimensions anticlockwise from the top: 5.5 metres, 5 metres, 3.5 metres, 2.5 metres.