The document contains examples of using the trapezoidal rule and Simpson's rule to calculate the area under a curve. It provides the ordinates and calculates the area using both rules for multiple data sets. For one data set with ordinates from 0 to 5.74 over a distance of 10, it calculates the area as 259.5 sqm using the trapezoidal rule and 257.3 sqm using Simpson's rule.