The Robert Smyth School Topic 3

Mathematics Faculty PAV

Innovation & excellence

Problem solving area and perimeter

1. The area of this rectangle is 28cm2 2. The area of this rectangle is 24cm2
Find its perimeter. Find its perimeter.

width = 4cm width = 4cm

length = _________________ length = _________________

perimeter = _____________ perimeter = _____________

3. Find the perimeter of this rectangle: 4. Find the perimeter of this rectangle:
length = 10cm length = 30mm

area = 55cm2 area = 120mm2

width = _________________ width = _________________

perimeter = _____________ perimeter = _____________

Challenge questions
5. A square has an area of 49cm2. 6. The length of a rectangle is 8m and its
Find its perimeter. perimeter equals 24m. Find the area.

Area
=
49cm2
The Robert Smyth School Topic 3
Mathematics Faculty PAV
Innovation & excellence
 The Robert Smyth School Topic 3
Mathematics Faculty PAV
Innovation & excellence

7. The area of this triangle is 42cm2 and 8. The area of this triangle is 44cm2 and
the height is 7cm. Find the base. the height is 11cm. Find the base.

7cm 11cm

? ?

base = __________________ base = __________________

9. The area of this triangle is 26cm2 and 10. The area of this triangle is 12cm2 and
the height is 2cm. Find the base. the base is 4cm. Find the base.

2cm ? cm

? cm 4cm

base = __________________ base = __________________

Challenges
11. Find the perimeter of the triangle in Q9. 12. The area of this triangle is the same as
(Hint: you will have to use Pythagoras.) the area of a square. Find the length of
the square.

4cm

16 cm