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6. Find the area and perimeter of these shapes.
(a) (b)
3.1 cm 3.2 m
3.5 m
2.1 m
3.4 cm
3.8 cm
7.2 m 6.5 m
3.7 cm
13.2 m
(c) (d)
5.6 cm 2.2 cm
2.2 cm
2.2 cm
5.8 cm 6.4 cm 2.4 cm
2.8 cm
8.2 cm
1.2 cm 0.8 cm
7. A lawn is 3 m by 5 m. A path 1 m wide is laid around the lawn.
Find the area of the path.
Path
Lawn
Path
8. Ben's dad buys a carpet that is 3 m wide and 4 m long.
3.6 m
1.4 m This is the shape of
2.6 m Ben's room
1.2 m
3.8 m
How much carpet is wasted?
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(e) (f)
4 cm
6 cm
6 cm
8 cm
(g) (h)
7.8 cm
5.2 mm
4.5 cm 8.4 mm
2. The diagrams show two triangles drawn inside a rectangle.
Explain why the two shaded triangles have the same area.
5 cm 5 cm
4 cm 4 cm
3. (a) Find the area of the shaded triangle.
6 cm
8 cm
(b) What is the area of the parallelogram?
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4. Find the area of this parallelogram.
4 cm
6 cm
5. Find the area of each of these shapes. They have not been drawn accurately.
(a) (b)
7 cm
6 cm 5 cm
4 cm
5 cm 7 cm
(c) (d)
5 cm
1 cm 2 cm
10 cm
4 cm
5 cm
5 cm 8 cm
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6. A pyramid can be made by folding up the shape below.
What is the area of this shape?
3 cm
3 cm 2.5 cm
7. Find the shaded areas.
(a)
3 cm 5.2 cm
4 cm
6.2 cm
(b)
2 cm 6.2 cm
2 cm
8 cm
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