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    GCSE Exam Questions on Area and Perimeter

    Question 1.
    A circular pond has a radius of 2.2 m.
    (a) Calculate the circumference of the (b) Calculate the area of the pond.
    pond.

    [2 marks] [3 marks]
    Question 2.
    The length of a rectangle is 10.8 cm. Calculate the width of this
    The perimeter of the rectangle is 28.8 cm. rectangle.

    [3 marks]
    Question 3.
    A circular dish has a diameter of 9 cm.

    Calculate the circumference of the


    dish
    [2 marks]
    Question 4.
    A tin of diameter 7 cm and height 12 cm has a label
    around it.

    The label is glued together using a 1 cm overlap.

    There is a 1 cm gap between the label and the top


    and bottom of the tin.

    Find the length and height of the label.

    [4 marks]
    GCSE Exam Questions on Area and Perimeter
    Question 5.
    A giant paperclip is placed alongside a centimetre ruler.
    The curved ends are semicircles.

    Calculate the length of wire used to make the clip.


    Give your answer in centimetres.

    [5 marks]
    Question 6.
    A race track is made from two straights and two semicircles.
    The straights are 80 m long.
    The race track has a total perimeter of 400 m.

    Calculate the distance, d, between the two straights.

    [4 marks]
    GCSE Exam Questions on Area and Perimeter
    Question 7.
    A sign maker designs a letter L.

    All arcs are quarter circles of


    radius 2 cm.

    Calculate the area of the letter L.

    [4 marks]

    Question 8.
    A parallelogram is drawn on a
    centimetre square grid.

    Calculate the area of the


    parallelogram.

    [2 marks]
    Question 9.
    The diagram shows the side wall of a
    building.
    Calculate the area of the wall.
    You must show all your working.

    [2 marks]
    GCSE Exam Questions on Area and Perimeter
    Question 10.
    The square PQRS is drawn on a
    centimetre square grid.

    Calculate the area of square PQRS.


    You must show your working.
    State the units of your answer.

    [4 marks]
    Question 11.
    The diagram shows a semi-circle of radius 10 cm.

    Show that the perimeter of the semi-circle is


    10(π + 2) cm.

    [4 marks]
    Question 12.
    A semi-circle is cut from a circle.
    The circle has a diameter of 30 cm.
    The semi-circle has a diameter of 20 cm.

    Calculate the shaded area. Give your answer in terms


    of π.

    [3 marks]
    Question 13.
    A cuboid is made from centimetre Work out the surface area of the cuboid.
    cubes.
    The area of the base of the
    cuboid is 5 cm2.
    The volume of the cuboid is 10
    cm3. [3 marks]
    GCSE Exam Questions on Area and Perimeter
    Question 14.
    A rectangle has an area of 40 cm2 and a
    perimeter of 26 cm.
    Find the length and width of the
    rectangle.
    You may use the grid to help you.

    [2 marks]
    Question 15.
    What percentage of this shape is shaded?

    [4 marks]

    Question 16.
    The diagram shows a rectangular
    picture with a frame around it.
    The frame is the same width all the
    way round.
    The picture is 15cm wide and 20cm
    high.
    The total height of the picture and
    frame is 30cm.

    (a) Work out the width, x, shown on (b) Work out the area of the frame.
    the diagram. State the units of your answer.

    [3 marks] [4 marks]
    GCSE Exam Questions on Area and Perimeter
    Question 17.
    Rectangle A has length (2x – 1)cm and
    width (x + 2)cm.

    (a) Show that the perimeter of rectangle A is


    (6x + 2)cm.

    [1 mark]
    (b) Rectangle B has length (x – 1)cm and width
    5cm.
    The perimeter of rectangle A is equal to the
    perimeter of rectangle B.
    Write down and solve an equation in x.

    [4 marks]
    (c) Find the area of rectangle A.

    [2 marks]
    Question 18.
    A circle fits exactly inside a semi-circle of
    diameter 20cm.

    The shaded area is a × π square centimetres.

    Work out the value of a.


    You must show your working.

    [4 marks]
    Question 19.
    The diagram shows a trapezium.

    Work out the area of the trapezium.

    [2 marks]
    GCSE Exam Questions on Area and Perimeter
    Question 20.
    The diagram shows a float made from two
    cones with dimensions as shown.

    Calculate the total surface area of the float.

    [5 marks]
    Question 21.
    A circle fits inside a semi-circle
    of diameter 10cm as shown.

    Calculate the shaded area.

    [3 marks]
    Question 22.
    A trapezium has parallel sides of
    length (x + 1) cm and (x + 2) cm.

    The perpendicular distance between


    the parallel sides is x cm.

    The area of the trapezium is 10 cm2.

    Find the value of x

    [5 marks]
    GCSE Exam Questions on Area and Perimeter
    Question 23.
    A square has diagonals of length 15cm.

    Calculate the area of the square.

    [3 marks]
    Question 24.
    ABCD is a rectangle with length
    25cm and width 10cm.

    The length of the rectangle is


    increased by 10%
    The width of the rectangle is
    increased by 20%

    Find the percentage increase in the area of the rectangle.

    [3 marks]
    Question 25.
    A square of side x and a quarter-circle of radius r have the same area.

    Express r in terms of x. Simplify your answer.

    [3 marks]
    GCSE Exam Questions on Area and Perimeter
    Question 26.
    A sphere has radius r. A cone has base radius r and perpendicular height x.

    The volume of the sphere is double the volume of the (a) Show that x = 2r
    cone.

    [2 marks]

    (b) Calculate the ratio of the surface area of the sphere to the curved surface
    area of the cone.
    Give your answer in surd form.

    [4 marks]
    Question 27.
    The area of this rectangle is 30 cm2.

    Find the value of x, writing your answer in the form a b where a and b are
    integers.

    [3 marks]
    GCSE Exam Questions on Area and Perimeter
    Question 28.
    The diagram shows a solid made from a cone and hemisphere.
    The radius of both shapes is r. The slant height of the cone is l.
    The perpendicular height of the cone is h.
    The curved surface area of the cone and
    the curved surface area of the hemisphere
    are equal.

    (a) Show that l = 2r

    [2 marks]
    (b) Find the perpendicular height, (c) Find the ratio of the volumes of the
    h, of the cone in terms of r. cone and the hemisphere.
    Give your answer in surd form.

    [2 marks] [2 marks]

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