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Area,
volume
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volume
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A
r e a1:oArea
f a sq
re
Topic
of ua
a square
QUESTION 1
a

Draw a diagram for each of the squares (sides are given) and then find its area.

4m

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d

Ch. 9.1.1, p. 129

25 m

c 13 cm

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e

________________________

QUESTION 2

12 m

16 mm

_________________________
f 45 mm

_______________________

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Complete the following.

Side length of square

Area

Side length of square

1 cm

2 cm

15 cm

25 c m 2

144 cm2

QUESTION 3

Find the area of each square.

Area
729 cm2

18 cm
625 cm2
23 cm
289 cm2

10 cm

c
11 cm

3 cm

______________________
d

______________________
e

______________________
f
6 cm

5 cm
14 cm

______________________
g

______________________
h

7 cm

______________________
i

8 cm

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A
r e a2:oArea
f a rofe ca trectangle
a ng l e
Topic
QUESTION 1
a

Draw a diagram for each of these rectangles and then find its area.

length 10 cm, breadth 9 cm

________________________
d

length 25 mm, breadth 9 mm

QUESTION 2

length 13 cm, breadth 5 cm

c length 16 m, breadth 8 m

______________________
e

________________________

length 12 m, breadth 4 m

_________________________
f length 16 m, breadth 12 m

______________________

_________________________

Complete the following.

Length

Breadth

8m

6m

9 cm

21 c m

15 cm

90 cm2

31 m

155 m2

Area

45 c m 2

Length
f

17 m

23 cm

Breadth

Area
204 m2

14 cm

8 cm

QUESTION 3

12 cm

192 cm2

38 mm

494 mm2
26 cm

650 cm2

Find the area of each rectangle.

8 cm

Ch. 9.1.1, p. 129

26 cm

18 cm

15 cm

20 cm

6 cm

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d

______________________
e

10 cm

________________________
5 cm

35 cm

6 cm

9 cm
8 cm

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g

______________________
h

9 cm

21 cm

3 cm
12 cm

6 cm

4 cm

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A r e a3:oArea
f a tr
ng l e
Topic
ofia
a triangle

Ch. 9.1.2, p. 129

QUESTION 1
a

A triangle has a base of 60 cm and a height of 25 cm. What is its area?

______________________________________________________________________________________

A triangle has an area of 832 cm2 and a base length of 32 cm. Find its height.
______________________________________________________________________________________

The area of a triangle is 42 m2 and its base is 6 m. Find its height.

______________________________________________________________________________________

QUESTION 2

Find the area of the triangles whose base and height are given. (All measurements are in cm.)

B a se

H eight

16

22

QUESTION 3

Area

Base

H eight

42

14

11

21

20

20

27

10

Area

Complete the following. (All measurements are in cm.)

B a se

H eight

19

12

18

Area of

Base
d

60

QUESTION 4

46

H eight

Area of

15

510

20
13

338

Find the area of each triangle. (All measurements are in cm.)

b
9

12

12

20
28

25

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d

______________________
e

12

________________________
f

32

29

14

16

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Topic
C
om 4:
p oComposite
s it e a r e areas
as
QUESTION 1
a

Ch. 9.1.4, p. 130

Find the area of each composite figure by dividing it into different shapes.
(All measurements are in cm.)
b

42

10
4

12

24

15

10
30

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d

______________________
e

18

20

________________________
f

12
6

10

50

30

6
30

________________________
g

30

12

______________________
h

60

________________________
i

32

15

12
35

60

35

10

10

10

20
20

________________________

QUESTION 2

______________________

________________________

Find the shaded area of each shape. (All measurements are in cm.)

16

20

3
30

12

15

15
10
40

________________________
d

25
11
12

15

312

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f

12

26
10

12

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Topic
a cube
V
o l u5:
mVolume
e o f a of
c ub
e
QUESTION 1
a

Ch. 9.2, p. 134

Calculate the volume of each of the following cubes whose side length is given. Show all your
working.

1 cm

14 cm

c 16 cm

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______________________

_________________________

________________________

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5m

9m

f 17 m

________________________

______________________

_________________________

________________________

______________________

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18 cm

20 m

i 28 m

________________________

______________________

_________________________

________________________

______________________

_________________________

QUESTION 2

Find the volume of each cube. (All measurements are in metres.)

3
8

10

10
10

________________________
d

______________________
e

f
12

15

15

________________________

12

15

14

12
14
14

________________________

______________________

________________________

QUESTION 3
a

The volume of a cube is 729 cm3 . What is the length of each edge?
______________________________________________________________________________________

The volume of a cube is 2197 cm3. Find its side length.

______________________________________________________________________________________

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V
o l u6:
mVolume
e o f a of
r eacrectangular
t a ng ul a rprism
pr i sm
Topic
QUESTION 1

Ch. 9.2, p. 134

Find the volume of each rectangular prism whose dimensions are given below.
(All measurements are in cm.)

Length

Breadth

H eight

12

12

QUESTION 2

Volu me

Length

Breadth

H eight

Volu me

14

16

10

10

Breadth

H eight

Volu me

756

800

Complete the following. (All measurements are in cm.)

Length

Breadth

H eight

18

12

28

20

12

10

QUESTION 3

Volu me

Length

936

Find the volume of each rectangular prism. (All measurements are in cm.)

c
7

4
15

12

10

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15

10

14

20

12

10

________________________

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V
o l u7:
mVolume
e o f a of
t raiatriangular
ng ul a rprism
pr i sm
Topic
QUESTION 1

Find the volume of each of the following triangular prisms whose dimensions are given below.
(All measurements are in cm.)

Base area

H eight

60

16

45

128

QUESTION 2

Base area

H eight

96

40

12

45

12

25

120

36

H eight

36

56

Base area

Volu me

Volu me

672

12
1400

QUESTION 3

H eight

Volu me

738

12
108

Volu me

Complete the following. (All lengths are in cm, volumes are in cm3 .)

Base area

Ch. 9.2, p. 134

35

980

128

45

98

12

Find the volume of each triangular prism. (All lengths are in cm, areas are in cm2 .)

16

11

12

A = 80

A = 64

A = 40

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f
8

12

10

60

30

8
24
10

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VTopic
olum
o f profism
s ( misc
e l l a ne ous)
8: e
Volume
prisms
miscellaneous
QUESTION 1
a

Ch. 9.2, p. 134

Complete the following questions for the given solid.

Find the area of the front rectangle.

30 cm

_________________________________________________
b

15 cm

Find the area of the front triangle.

24 cm

_________________________________________________
c

9 cm

48 cm

Find the cross-sectional area.

_________________________________________________

Find the volume of the solid.

______________________________________________________________________________________

QUESTION 2
a

Complete the following questions for the given solid.

30 cm

Find the number of faces.

__________________________________________________

20 cm

Find the number of vertices.

18 cm

__________________________________________________
c

48 cm

Find the number of edges.

__________________________________________________

Draw a line to divide it into a rectangular prism and a triangular prism.

Find the total volume of the solid. _________________________________________________________

QUESTION 3

Find the volume of each prism. (All measurements are in cm.)

c
12

12

24

12

20

________________________
d

12

______________________
e

________________________
f

14
45

35

A = 36

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A = 760

A = 240

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p a9:c it
y a n d and
v o lvolume
ume
Topic
Capacity
QUESTION 1

Ch. 9.3, p. 136

Convert the following to the units given.

5000 mL = _____________ L

5.125 L = ____________ mL

c 6.7 kL = _____________ L

9.5 L = _____________ mL

9.2 kL = _____________ L

f 8.35 L = _____________ mL

2 kL = _____________ L

6875 mL = ____________ L

i 5153 mL = _____________ L

8540 mL = _____________ L

8.56 L = ____________ mL

l 3.6 kL = _____________ L

QUESTION 2

Convert the following to the units given.

1000 mm3 = ___________ cm3

1 mL = ___________ cm3

c 9640 cm3 = _____________ L

8000 L = ___________ kL

3000 mm3 = ___________ cm3

f 16 000 cm3 = ____________ L

1000 cm3 = ___________ L

5000 cm3 = ___________ L

i 8560 mm3 = ____________ cm3

1 000 000 cm3 = __________ m3

6483 mL = ___________ cm3

l 9672 L = _____________ cm3

QUESTION 3
a

A jug has a volume of 15 000 cm3 . How many litres of water can it hold?
______________________________________________________________________________________

A swimming pool holds 28 000 L of water. How many kilolitres is this?

______________________________________________________________________________________

A bottle contains

3
of a litre of drink. How many millilitres is this?
8

______________________________________________________________________________________
A fish tank measures 90 cm 70 cm 25 cm.
d

Find the volume of the tank in cm3 . ________________________________________________________

How many litres of water will the tank hold?__________________________________________________

QUESTION 4

Find the volume of the following prisms and then find how many millilitres of liquid each
would hold. Show your working.

c
9 cm

8 cm

30 cm

6 cm

8 cm

A = 50

15 cm

8 cm

cm2

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Ch. 9.5, p. 140

A rectangular tank with dimensions 95 cm 30 cm 35 cm is filled with water. How much water will it
hold?
______________________________________________________________________________________

A dripping tap loses 8 mL of water every 30 seconds. How much water will be lost in 2 hours?
______________________________________________________________________________________

Find the side length of a cube that has a volume of 1728 cm3.
______________________________________________________________________________________

Madeleine Brunsdon drank

5
of a litre of milk. How many millilitres is this?
8

______________________________________________________________________________________

Thirty-five children went on a picnic. Each child drank a can of drink containing 375 mL. How many litres
was this?
______________________________________________________________________________________

A rectangular prism has dimensions 5 cm x 8 cm x 10 cm.

a What is its volume? __________________________________________________________________
b What would be its volume if all the dimensions were doubled. ________________________________

Find the area of a photograph that is 50 cm long and 30 cm wide.

______________________________________________________________________________________

The perimeter of a square is 48 cm. Find its area.

______________________________________________________________________________________

A triangle has an area of 240 cm2. If the base of the triangle is 40 cm long, find its height.
______________________________________________________________________________________

10 Jasbir drank 0.875 litres of milk. How many millilitres is this?

______________________________________________________________________________________

11 One of the faces of a cube has an area of 81 cm2. What is the volume of the cube?
______________________________________________________________________________________

12 Find the total area of the four walls of a room 12 m long, 10 m wide and 4 m high.
______________________________________________________________________________________

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