Chapter 3.

Perimeter, Area and Volume

Perimeter of Rectangles and Squares

Q1: Find the perimeter of a rectangle whose length is 35 cm and width is 15 cm.

Q2: Find the perimeter of the rectangle.

Q3: Calculate the perimeter of the square 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷.

Q4: Calculate, in meters, the perimeter of a square whose side length is 38 m.

Q5: How many inches of matting are needed to frame a print that is 16 by 26
inches?

Q6: A square has a side length of 9 cm, and a rectangle has a length of 3 cm and a
width of 2 cm. Find the difference between the perimeters of the square and the
rectangle.

Q7: Find the perimeter of the following figure.

Q8: Calculate the side length of a square, in meters, whose perimeter is 24 m.

Q9: If a wire having a length of 96 cm is folded to form a square, how long will each
side be?

Q10:

Find the perimeter of a square whose side length is 19 cm.

 Areas of Rectangles and Squares

Q1: Find the area of a rectangle whose length is 4 times its width, if its width is 4
cm.

Q2: Given that 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is a rectangle of area 1,389.6 cm2, find the area of
figure 𝐴𝐹𝐷𝐸.

Q3: Jackson parked his rectangular car in an empty rectangular parking lot. The
dimensions of the parking lot are 87 feet by 83 feet and the dimensions of the car are 18
feet by 8 feet. What area of the parking lot is still empty?

Q4: A rectangular carpet measuring 4 m by 3 m is placed in a square room of

length 9 m. What area of the floor is not covered by the carpet?

Q5: If a square and a rectangle have equal area, and the rectangle measures 18
cm by 50 cm, what is the length of the square?
Q6: The size of youth soccer fields depends on the age group of the players. Use
the table to determine the difference between the area of a soccer field for under
14s compared to the field for under 12s.

Q7: Michael wants to pave a section of his yard that is 16 m long and 3 m wide. If
paving one square meter will cost 9 LE, calculate the total cost.

Q8: Jennifer’s rectangular patio is 45 feet long and covers 1,575 square feet. She
wants to fence all but one of the shorter sides. How much fencing does she need?

Q9: A 2-inch-wide rectangular frame surrounds a painting that is 9 inches wide

and 12 inches tall. What is the area of the frame?

Q10: A family is planning to have a rectangular swimming pool in their backyard.

The pool will be 19 ft by 13 ft.Given that they also plan on having a ceramic
walkway around the pool, which should be 8 ft wide, determine the area of the
walkway.
 Areas of Composite Polygons

Q1: Calculate the area of the shape.

Q2: Calculate the area of the given figure.

Q3: Calculate the area of the shaded region.

Q4: Find the area of the given shape.

Q5: Below is a square which has had a rectangle measuring 4 cm by 3 cm removed.

Find the area of the shaded part.

Q6: If 𝐸𝐹=4.5cm, find the area of the given figure to the nearest hundredth.
Q7: Below is a rectangle which has had a square of length 2 cm cut from it. Find the
perimeter and area of the remaining shape.

• Perimeter: 100 cm. Area: 46 cm2.

• Perimeter: 46 cm. Area: 100 cm2.
• Perimeter: 34 cm. Area: 100 cm2.
• Perimeter: 40 cm. Area: 100 cm2.

Q8: David wants to lay a new carpet in his bedroom. Determine the total area that needs
to be carpeted, given that the shown figure is the floor plan.

Q9: Find the area of this shape.

Q10:

Given that 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is a square of side 6, what is the shaded area?

• 24
• 18
• 36
• 3
• 72
 Perimeter of a Composite Figure

Q1: Use 3.14 to approximate 𝜋 and calculate the perimeter of the following figure:

Q2: Given that 𝐵𝐶𝐷𝐸 is a square, find the perimeter of 𝐴𝐶𝐷𝐸.

Q3: The given figure shows circle 𝑀 inscribed in square 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷. The area of the shaded
region of the figure is 2 1/3 cm2.Using the approximation 𝜋=22/7,find the perimeter of
the shaded region.
Q4: Determine the perimeter of the figure, using 22/7 to approximate 𝜋.

Q5: Determine the perimeter of the figure, using 3.14 to approximate 𝜋.

Q6: Use 3.14 to approximate 𝜋 and calculate the perimeter of the figure.
Q7: 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is a square of side 140. Calculate the perimeter of the shaded region,
taking 22/7 as an approximation for 𝜋.

• 880
• 220
• 440
• 30,800

Q8: The given figure shows two half circles and two quarters of another circle, Find the
perimeter of the shaded region, taking 3.14 as an approximate value for 𝜋.
Q9:

Given that 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is a rectangle, find the perimeters of △𝐶𝐷𝐸 and 𝐴𝐹𝐵𝐶𝐸𝐷.

• perimeter of △𝐶𝐷𝐸=27cm, perimeter of 𝐴𝐹𝐵𝐶𝐸𝐷=76cm

• perimeter of △𝐶𝐷𝐸=16cm, perimeter of 𝐴𝐹𝐵𝐶𝐸𝐷=38cm
• perimeter of △𝐶𝐷𝐸=19cm, perimeter of 𝐴𝐹𝐵𝐶𝐸𝐷=98cm
• perimeter of △𝐶𝐷𝐸=38cm, perimeter of 𝐴𝐹𝐵𝐶𝐸𝐷=66cm

Q10: Use 3.14 to approximate 𝜋 and calculate the perimeter of the shaded part.
 Area of a Triangle

Q1: Find the area of a triangle whose height is 23 cm and base length is 16 cm.

Q2: What is the area of the triangle on the front of James’s math folder?

Q3: The height of a right triangle is 47 cm. The base is 26 cm. What is its area?

Q4: Find the height of a triangle whose base length is 13 cm and area is 299 cm2.

Q5: Find the area of △𝐴𝐵𝐶. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.

Q6: Find the area of △𝐴𝐵𝐶.

Q7: The area of △𝐴𝐵𝐶 is 12.35. Find 𝐶𝐷 to the nearest hundredth.

Q8: Determine the height, 𝑥, of the figure, given that 𝐴 is the area of its colored part.

Q9: A triangle has area 24 and base 12. What is its height?

Q10: Work out the area of the triangle.

• 20 square units
• 10 square units
• 12 square units
• 24 square units
• 30 square units
 Area of a Parallelogram

Q1: Given that 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is a parallelogram and 𝐸𝐹=6cm, find its area.

Q2: Find the area of the parallelogram 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 where 𝐴𝐵=8.3cm.

Q3: Find the area of a parallelogram having a height of 18 cm and a base length
of 12 cm.

Q4: The given figure shows a parallelogram inside a rectangle. Determine the area
inside the rectangle that is not occupied by the parallelogram.
Q5: The table shows the dimensions of parallelograms drawn by three students.
Whose parallelogram has the largest area?

• Jacob
• Matthew
• David

Q6: Given that 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is a parallelogram and 𝐷𝐸=13cm, find the length of 𝐷𝐹.

Q7: A parallelogram with area 301 has a base of 35. What is its height?

Q8: Find the area of the parallelogram 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷.

Q9: If 𝐶𝐵=23cm, 𝐴𝐸=16cm, and 𝐴𝐹=20cm, find the area of the
parallelogram 𝐶𝐵𝐴𝐷 and then determine the length of 𝐶𝐷 to the nearest hundredth.
• area of 𝐶𝐵𝐴𝐷=16.00cm2, 𝐶𝐷=320.00cm
• area of 𝐶𝐵𝐴𝐷=184.00cm2, 𝐶𝐷=18.40cm
• area of 𝐶𝐵𝐴𝐷=368.00cm2, 𝐶𝐷=18.40cm
• area of 𝐶𝐵𝐴𝐷=18.40cm2, 𝐶𝐷=368.00cm
• area of 𝐶𝐵𝐴𝐷=320.00cm2, 𝐶𝐷=16.00cm

Q10: Determine the height of a parallelogram whose area is 20 cm2 and base
length is 4 cm.
 Areas of a Trapezoid

Q1: Determine the perimeter and area of the accompanying figure.

• perimeter =136mm, area =432mm2

• perimeter =112mm, area =336mm2
• perimeter =136mm, area =336mm2
• perimeter =112mm, area =432mm2

Q2: The given figure represents a trapezoidal wooden frame. Determine the surface
area of its front side.
Q3: Arkansas has a shape that is similar to a trapezoid with bases of about 182
miles and 267 miles and a height of about 254 miles. Estimate the area of
Arkansas.
A 58,206 mi2
B 28,511 mi2
C 57,023 mi2
D 47,411 mi2
E 46,228 mi2

Q4: 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is a trapezoid where the lengths of its parallel bases 𝐴𝐷 and 𝐵𝐶 are 36
cm and 48 cm respectively. The length of the perpendicular drawn
from 𝐷 to 𝐵𝐶 is 35 cm. Find the area of 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 giving the answer to the nearest
square centimetre.

Q5: Work out the area of the shape.

Q6: Find, to the nearest integer, the area of this composite shape.
Q7: A right trapezoid is partitioned into 4 triangles by its diagonals as shown.

Which triangle has the larger area, the red one or the blue one?

A The red one

B The blue one
C Both are equal.
D There is not enough information to answer the question.
 Surface Areas of Rectangular Prism and Cubes

Q1: If the perimeter of the base of a cube is 54.4 cm, find its total surface area.

Q2: What is the surface area of a cube of side 17 centimeters?

Q3: Find the surface area of a cube of length 11 centimeters.

Q4: Find the total surface area of a rectangular prism with length 13 cm, width 3
cm, and height 3 cm.

Q5: Find the surface area of the rectangular prism shown.

Q6: Given that a cube has a surface area of 234 ft2, determine the area of one of its
faces.

Q7: What is the total surface area of a cube whose edge length is 7 cm?

Q8: Which multiple of the area of a single face gives the lateral area of a cube?

Q9: The lateral area of a cube is the product of the base perimeter and which of
the following?
A the volume C the height
B the length D the width

Q10: Which of the following expressions represents the surface area of a cube
with side length 𝑤?
A 𝑤2 D 6𝑤2
B 4𝑤2 E 𝑤3
C 6𝑤3
 Volumes of Rectangular Prisms and Cubes

Q1: Olympic gold medal winner Ian Thorp competes in a pool with required
dimensions 25 by 50 by 2 meters. What is the volume of the Olympic-sized pool?

Q2: A carton of juice is a rectangular prism with height 12 cm. Its base is a square
with side length 5 cm. What is the volume of juice that will fill the carton?

Q3: A rectangular-prism-shaped swimming pool has a base of dimensions 67

m and 32 m and a height of 3 m. Water fills the pool up to a height of 27 cm from
the brim of the pool. Find the volume of the water in cubic meters.

Q4: Find the area of the base of a rectangular prism that has a volume
of 15,708 cm3 and a height of 17 cm.

Q5: Find the length of a rectangular prism that has a volume of 10,868 cm3,a width
of 11 cm, and a height of 19 cm.

Q6: A construction worker used 3,000 bricks to build a wall. The bricks had a
length of 47 cm, a width of 27 cm, and a height of 16 cm. Calculate, in cubic meters,
the total volume of the bricks used.

Q7:A man needs to store 16,170 cm3 of rice in a container. He has one box which
is a cuboid with dimensions of 35 cm, 22 cm, and 21 cm and another box which is
a cube with length 22 cm. Which box should he use?
A the cuboid
B the cube

Q8: The tank shown contains 3,496 cm3 of water. Find the current height of the water
in the tank, and calculate the volume of water that needs to be added to fill the tank.
 A Height of water: 14 cm. Volume to add: 3,059 cm3
B Height of water: 8 cm. Volume to add: 2,622 cm3
C Height of water: 13.14 cm. Volume to add: 375.82 cm3
D Height of water: 10.86 cm. Volume to add: 1,372.18 cm3

Q9: A rectangular-prism-shaped swimming pool has a base of length 64 m and a

width of 56 m. If 28,672 m3 of water fills it completely, determine its depth.

Q10: A rectangular prism-shaped container has a square base with side lengths
of 20 cm. If 2 liters of water are poured into the container, determine the height
the water will reach.