Review: Area, Perimeter
and Volume
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Worksheet covers the following topics:
1. Area and Perimeter of Composite Figures
2. Volume
6
PRIMARY
For each of the following questions, ACEit™ and show your working
clearly in the spaces provided. Then, write your answers with the
correct units in the spaces provided.
1. The figure below is made up of 2 different squares, ABCD and EFGH. The length
of each side of the smaller square is 4 cm and each side of the bigger square is
2 times that of the smaller square.
E F
A B
D C G
(a) Find the perimeter of the figure ABEFGCD.
(b) Find the area of the shaded part.
Ans: (a) _______________
(b) _______________
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2. A path of length 32 m is completely covered in identical tiles, following the pattern
as shown below. Each tile is made up of 5 identical rectangles. The width of the
path is 80 cm.
80 cm
(a) Find the length of each tile.
(b) How many tiles were used to cover the whole path?
Ans: (a) _______________
(b) _______________
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3. Figure 1 below shows the dimensions of an empty box. Sally fills the box with as
many 8-cm cubes as she can.
(a) How many 8-cm cubes can she fit in the box?
(b) What is the volume of the space not taken up by the 8-cm cubes?
25 cm
18 cm
8 cm
43 cm
Figure 1
Ans: (a) _______________
(b) _______________
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4. Aarav needs 180 square cut-outs for his project work. Each square cut-out has
an area of 81 cm2. Aarav is given a piece of cardboard paper measuring 40 cm
by 63 cm to cut the square cut-outs. What is the least number of pieces of
cardboard paper Aarav needs?
Ans: _______________
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5. The figure below is made up of 2 overlapping squares. The area of the shaded
part is 192 cm2. What is the length of the bigger square?
6 cm
Ans: _______________
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6. Amanda had two rectangular boxes of different sizes. The length, breadth and
height of the larger box is two times the smaller box. He packed exactly 12
identical cubes into the smaller box. How many of such cubes can he pack into
the larger box?
Ans: _________________
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