Everyone loves pizza, but when considering the deals at the local pizza place, how do you know you're getting the most dough for your buck? In Area of Circles and Composite Shapes, students get the goods on how to tackle such everyday dilemmas by applying their mathematical knowledge in order to find the area of a given geometric shape. Visual demonstrations help to introduce the idea of composite shapes, including semicircles, quadrants and an everyday running track. A Teacher's Guide is included.