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Question 1: Area; composite shape; rectangle
Question 2: Area; composite shape; parallelogram; triangle
Question 3: Length; area; rectangle; ratios
Question 4: Area; composite shape; triangle
Question 5: Area; composite shape; square
Question 6: Area; composite shape; triangle

 

QUESTION 1

A rectangular picture is pasted to a sheet of white paper as shown.

What is the area of the white paper not covered by the picture?

(A)   165 cm2
(B)   500 cm2
(C)   1900 cm2
(D)   2700 cm2

 

QUESTION 2

The figure shows a shaded parallelogram inside a rectangle.

What is the area of the parallelogram? __________

 
   

QUESTION 3

a) In the space below, draw a new rectangle whose length is one and a half times the length of the rectangle above, and whose width is half the width of the rectangle above. Show the length and width of the new rectangle in centimetres on the figure.



b)
What is the ratio of the new rectangle to the area of the first one? Show your working.

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QUESTION 4

How many triangles of the shape and size of the shaded triangle can the trapezoid above be divided into?

(A)   Three
(B)   Four
(C)   Five
(D)   Six

 

QUESTION 5

A rectangular garden that is next to a building has a path around the other three sides, as shown.

What is the area of the path?

(A)   144 m2
(B)   64 m2
(C)   44 m2
(D)   16 m2

 
   

QUESTION 6

How many of the shaded right triangles shown above are needed to exactly cover the surface of the rectangle?

(A)   four
(B)   six
(C)   eight
(D)   ten