GCSE Maths Revision | Geometry and Measure

Area of a Quadrilateral - Worksheet

Skill
Group A - Calculating areas
Find the area of the following shapes:
1) 2) 3)

4) 5) 6)

7) 8) 9)

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Group B - Compound shapes

Find the shaded area of the following shapes:
1) 2) 3)

4) 5) 6)

7) 8) 9)

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Area of a Quadrilateral - Worksheet

Group C - Find the lengths

Find the length of the side labelled 𝑥:
1) 2) 3)

4) 5) 6)

7) 8) 9)

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Area of a Quadrilateral - Worksheet

Applied

1) Ben wants to paint his wall. The dimensions of Ben’s wall are shown in the
2
diagram below. Each tin of paint will cover 12𝑚 . The wall will require 2 coats
of paint. How many tins of paint does Ben need to buy?

2) A floor measuring 6𝑚 × 8𝑚 is to be covered by tiles measuring 50𝑐𝑚 × 40𝑐𝑚

each. There is a fireplace in the room, as shown in the diagram below, which
does not need to be tiled. Sheila has 200 tiles. Does Sheila have enough tiles
to cover the floor?

3) 2
This rectangle has an area of 24 𝑐𝑚 . Write down the length and width of two
2
other possible rectangles with an area of 24 𝑐𝑚 . All answers must be
integers.

4) The area of the trapezium is twice the area of the parallelogram. Calculate the
height of the trapezium.

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Area of a Quadrilateral - Exam Questions

1) (a) Ann’s patio is 4𝑚 long by 3. 5𝑚 wide. Calculate the area of the patio.
….……………
(1)

(b) Patio slabs are 40𝑐𝑚 × 70𝑐𝑚. They come in packs of 8. Each pack
costs £22. 50. How much will it cost Ann to buy enough new slabs to
cover her patio?
….……………
(4)
(5 marks)

2) (a) Daniel is going to put some sheep in a field. Each sheep requires
2
40𝑚 for grazing. How many sheep can Daniel have in his field?

….……………
(2)

(b) 2
Goats require 35 𝑚 for grazing. How many more goats than
sheep could Daniel keep in the same field?

….……………
(2)
(4 marks)

3) The pattern below is made from 9 identical rectangles. Find the

total area of the pattern.

….……………
(4 marks)

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Area of a Quadrilateral - Answers

Question Answer

Skill Questions

Group A Find the area of the following shapes:

2
1) 1) 36 𝑐𝑚

2
2) 2) 110 𝑚

2 2
3) 3) 12 𝑐𝑚 / 1200 𝑚𝑚

2
4) 4) 117 𝑐𝑚

2
5) 5) 25 𝑘𝑚

2
6) 6) 72 𝑐𝑚

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Group A 7) 7) 105 𝑚
2

contd

8) 2
8) 32. 5 𝑐𝑚 / 3250𝑚𝑚
2

9) 9) 159. 5 𝑚𝑚
2

Group B Find the shaded area of the following shapes:

1) 1) 35 𝑐𝑚
2

2) 2) 35. 5 𝑚𝑚
2

3) 3) 90 𝑐𝑚
2

4) 4) 147 𝑚
2

5) 5) 210 𝑚
2

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Group B 6) 6) 48 𝑚
2

contd

7) 7) 95 𝑚
2

8) 8) 100 𝑚𝑚
2

9) 9) 428 𝑘𝑚
2

Group C Find the length of the side labelled 𝑥:

1) 1) 10 𝑐𝑚

2) 2) 90 𝑐𝑚

3) 3) 12 𝑐𝑚

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Group C 4) 4) 12 𝑚
contd

5) 5) 6 𝑐𝑚

6) 6) 12 𝑚

7) 7) 2 𝑐𝑚

8) 8) 17 𝑚𝑚

9) 9) 6 𝑐𝑚

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Question Answer

Applied Questions

1) Ben wants to paint his wall. The dimensions of Ben’s wall 3 tins
are shown in the diagram below. Each tin of paint will
2
cover 12 𝑚 . The wall will require 2 coats of paint. How
many tins of paint does Ben need to buy?

2) A floor measuring 6 𝑚 × 8 𝑚 is to be covered by tiles No

measuring 50 𝑐𝑚 × 40 𝑐𝑚 each. There is a fireplace in the
room, as shown in the diagram below, which does not
need to be tiled. Sheila has 200 tiles. Does Sheila have
enough tiles to cover the floor?

3)
2 Any two of:
This rectangle has an area of 24 𝑐𝑚 . Write down the
length and width of two other possible rectangles with an 1 × 24
2
area of 24 𝑐𝑚 . All answers must be integers. 3×8
4×6

4) The area of the trapezium is twice the area of the 10 𝑐𝑚

parallelogram. Calculate the height of the trapezium.

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Area of a Quadrilateral - Mark Scheme

Question Answer

Exam Questions

1) (a) Ann’s patio is 4𝑚 long by 3. 5 𝑚 (a) 4 × 3. 5 = 14 𝑚2 (1)

wide. Calculate the area of the patio.
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(b) Patio slabs are 40 𝑐𝑚 × 70 𝑐𝑚. (b) Area of each tile: 0. 4 × 0. 7 = 0. 28 𝑚 (1)
They come in packs of 8. Each pack Number of tiles: 14 ÷ 0. 28 = 50 (1)
costs £22. 50. How much will it cost Number of packs: 50 ÷ 8 = 6. 25 (7 packs) (1)
Ann to buy enough new slabs to Total cost: 7 × £22. 50 = £157. 50 (1)
cover her patio?
2) (a) Daniel is going to put some sheep in (a) 8 × 5 = 40
a field. Each sheep requires 40 𝑚
2 38 × 15 = 570 (1)
2
for grazing. How many sheep can 570 + 40 = 610 𝑚 (1)
Daniel have in his field? or
8 × 20 = 160
30 × 15 = 450 (1)
2
160 + 450 = 610 𝑚 (1)
or
610 ÷ 40 = 15. 25 (1)
He can have 15 sheep. (1)
(b) Goats require 35 𝑚2 for grazing. (b) 610 ÷ 35 = 17... (1)
How many more goats than sheep 17 − 15 = 2 (1)
could Daniel keep in the same field?
3) The pattern below is made from 9 Height of one tile: 3 × 3 = 9 𝑐𝑚 (1)
identical rectangles. Find the total Area of each tile: 3 × 9 = 27 𝑐𝑚
2
(1)
area of the pattern. Total area: 9 × 27 = 243 (1)
2
𝑐𝑚 (1)

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