Ben wants to work out the perimeter of a square with sides of length 6 cm.
Ben writes:
perimeter = 6 × 6 = 36 cm
Explain the mistake Ben has made.
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Ben wants to work out the perimeter of a square with sides of length 6 cm.
Ben writes:
perimeter = 6 × 6 = 36 cm
Explain the mistake Ben has made.
An L-shape is made by joining a rectangle 8 cm by 5 cm to a rectangle 4 cm by 3 cm. The two rectangles do not overlap.
Work out the total area of the L-shape.
An L-shape is made by removing a rectangle 3 cm by 2 cm from one corner of a rectangle 8 cm by 6 cm.
Work out the perimeter of the L-shape.
A rectangle is 12 cm long and 9 cm wide.
A rectangle 5 cm by 4 cm is removed from one corner.
Work out the area of the remaining shape.
The diagram shows a U-shape. All the corners are right angles.
A rectangle is made from three identical squares placed side by side in a row.
The perimeter of the rectangle is 48 cm.
Work out the area of the rectangle.
A rectangular garden is 9 m long and 7 m wide.
A rectangular patio 4 m by 3 m is laid inside the garden. The rest of the garden is to be covered with grass seed.
One bag of grass seed covers 15 m² and costs £9.99.
Work out the total cost of the bags of grass seed needed.
A rectangular patio is 4.5 m long and 3.6 m wide.
The patio is to be covered completely with square paving slabs. Each slab has sides of length 0.9 m and costs £7.25.
Work out the total cost of the slabs needed. You may assume no slabs are cut.
Jamal is painting one wall of his bedroom. The wall is a rectangle 4 m wide and 2.5 m high. It has a window 1.5 m wide and 1.2 m high, which is not painted.
He gives the wall two coats of paint. One litre of paint covers 6 m². Paint is sold in 2.5 litre tins costing £14 each.
Work out the cost of the paint Jamal needs to buy.
A triangle has base (x + 4) cm and perpendicular height 6 cm.
The area of the triangle is 42 cm².
A rectangle has length (2x + 3) cm and width x cm.
The perimeter of the rectangle is 36 cm.
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