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Grades 6, 7 and 8 - Math - Middle School - Shapes - Perimeter and Area
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1. A garden is in the shape of a trapezium and it has an area of 1,500 meters2. One of the parallel sides is 40 meters long and the other parallel side is 60 meters long. What is the distance between the parallel sides?
2. Which of the following is not a valid measurement for an area?
3. An international soccer pitch is 105 m x 68 m. What is the area of one half of the pitch?
4. What is the area of a square that has a length of 15 cm and a width of 16 cm?
5. To calculate the area of a rectangle it is necessary to multiply the length by the width; how is this formula usually represented?
6. If a parallelogram has a perpendicular height of 7 cm and a base of 11 cm, what is its area?
7. What is the area of a rectangle with a length of 9 cm and a width of 7 cm?
8. If a rhombus has a base of 1.2 meters and a perpendicular height of 0.8 meters, what is its area?
9. In many formulas you will see the letter h which stands for 'height'. What would be a more correct term for 'height'?
10. The two parallel sides of a trapezium have lengths 10 cm and 20 cm, and the distance between them is 15 cm. What is the area of this trapezium?
11. Which of the following is not a 2 dimensional shape?
12. What is the area of a triangle that has a base of 37 cm and a perpendicular height of 28 cm?
13. A rectangle is 2 meters long and 88 centimeters wide; what is its area?
14. If the area of a triangle is 420 cm2 and its perpendicular height is 30 cm, what is the length of its base?
15. Archie says that the area of a rhombus of side length 12 cm is the same as that of a square of side 12 cm. Is he right?
16. What is the perimeter of a rectangle with a length of 28 cm and a width of 16 cm
17. If a parallelogram has a perpendicular height of 7 cm and a base of 11 cm, what is its perimeter?
18. Is a square also a rectangle?
19. If a square has sides that are 13 cm long, what is its area?
20. A rectangle has a length that is twice its width. If the length is 18 m, what is its perimeter?