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Area of a Rectangle

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2. Check your answers seem right.
3. Always show your workings

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1. On the grid below each square represents 1cm by 1cm.

Draw a rectangle with an area of 10cm².

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2. On the grid below each square represents 1cm by 1cm.

Draw a rectangle with an area of 8cm².

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3. The diagram shows a rectangle.

Work out the area.

Include units.

.........................
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4. Shown below is a rectangle.

Work out the area.

.........................cm²
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5. The diagram shows a rectangle.

The length of the rectangle is 12cm

The area of the rectangle is 48cm²

Find the width of the rectangle.

.........................cm
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6.

The rectangle has length 4.5cm and width 2.8cm.

Work out the area.

.........................cm²
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7. Shown below is a rectangle.

Work out the area of the rectangle.

.........................cm²
(2)

8. The width of a rectangle is 28cm

The area of the rectangle is 1540cm²

Work out the length of the rectangle.

.........................cm
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9. Shown below is a wooden picture frame.

Work out the shaded area.

.........................cm²
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10. The rectangle below has an area of 65cm².

Work out the size of y.

.........................cm
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11. The perimeter of a square is 28cm.

Find the area of the square.

.........................cm²
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12. The rectangle below has an area of 36cm²

The rectangle has length 9cm and width 4cm.

Write down the length and width of two other rectangles with area 36cm².

Rectangle 1: length .......................cm width .......................cm

Rectangle 2: length .......................cm width .......................cm

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13. Shown below is a square and a rectangle.

The square and rectangle have the same area.

Find the y.

.........................cm
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14. Work out the area of the rectangle below.

Include units.

............................
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15. A rectangle is 3cm by 6cm.

Six of the rectangles are used to make a larger rectangle.

Work out the area of the larger rectangle.

.........................cm²
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16. The diagram shows a rectangle.

Not to scale

Work out the area.

Give your answer in centimetres squared.

.........................cm²
(3)

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17. Jessica wants to lay artificial grass in her rectangular garden.

Each square metre of artificial grass costs £23

How much should Jessica pay for the artificial grass?

£.........................
(3)

18. On the grid below each square represents 1cm by 1cm.

A rectangle has an area of 36cm²

The length of the rectangle is 4 times greater than the width of the rectangle.

Draw the rectangle on the grid.

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19. Here is a rectangle with perimeter 30cm.

The length of the rectangle is 10cm.

Work out the area of the rectangle.

.........................cm²
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20.

Mrs Jenkins is a chicken farmer.

Her chicken pen is 18m long and 8m wide.
Each chicken requires at least 3m².

What is the maximum number of chickens Mrs Jenkins can keep?

.........................
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21. Shown below is a cuboid.

The base of the cuboid is a square and the height of the cuboid is 15cm.

The total length of the 12 edges is 112cm.

Find the area of the base of the cuboid.

.........................cm²
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22. Rory made a rectangular logo, 8cm long and 5cm wide.

There are 5 identical white squares and the rest of the logo is shaded.

Find the area of the logo that is shaded.

.........................cm²
(4)

23. Shown below is a rectangle with length 20cm and width 10cm.

The length of the rectangle is increased by 20%.

The width of the rectangle is increased by 5%.

Find the percentage increase in the area of the rectangle.

.........................%
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24. Rebecca draws a rectangle.
Holly enlarges the rectangle by scale factor 2.

Rebecca states “the area will be twice as larger as the original rectangle.”

Show Rebecca is incorrect.

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25. Shown below are rectangles A and B.

Both rectangles have the same area.

The perimeter of rectangle B is 114cm.

The length of rectangle A is 8 times larger than its width.

Find the length of rectangle A.

.........................cm
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26. Mr Jones is tiling his kitchen floor.

The kitchen floor measures 3m by 2m.

Each tile is 30cm by 20cm.

How many tiles does he need?

...........................
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27. Jessica is tiling her bathroom wall.

The wall is 240cm by 200cm.

The tiles are squares with side length 20cm.

Each box contains 15 tiles and costs £8.75.

How much will it cost Jessica for the tiles?

£...........................
(5)

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28. ABCD is a rectangle.
The length of the rectangle, AB, is 40% longer than the width of the rectangle,
AD.

A square AEFG is then removed from rectangle ABCD to leave a hexagon.

Given that x :6=3:2

Find the area of the hexagon.

...........................cm²
(5)

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