Area and Perimeter

GCSE MATHS
Name: _________________________________
Teacher: _______________________________

Learning objectives
By the end this pack you will be able to:
1. Find the area and perimeter of simple 2D
shapes
2. Find the area and perimeter of composite
shapes

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 Area Worksheet

Draw lines linking the shape names on the left to their correct area formula

on the right.

parallelogram ½ bh
triangle bh
square ½ (a + b)h
trapezium l²

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 Area and Perimeter

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A. What is the area of this shape? ______cm2

B. What is the perimeter of this shape? _____cm

A. What is the area of this shape? ______ cm2

B. What is the perimeter of this shape? ______cm

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3.

A. What is the perimeter of the shape? _____ cm

B. What is the area of the shape? _____ cm2

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 Area and Perimeter
Answers

1. A. 14 cm2 (5 x 2) + (1 x 4)

B. 22 cm ( 5 + 2 +2 + 4 + 1 + 4 + 2 + 2)

2. A. 30 cm2 (3 x 8) + (3 x 2)

B. 28 cm (3 + 8 + 6 + 2 + 3 + 6)

3. A. 34 cm (8 + 4 + 3 + 5 + 5 + 9)

B. 57 cm2 (5 x 9) + (4 x 3)

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 Question 4
A B
2 cm 5 cm

7 cm
6 cm
10 cm 8 cm

6 cm 4 cm

C D
4 cm 4 cm

5 cm
9 cm
8 cm

2 cm
1 cm
5 cm

E F

5 cm

2 cm
4 cm
4 cm 11 cm

7 cm
4 cm

6 cm

G H

8 cm 9 cm

12 cm 9 cm
6 cm

7 cm 5 cm

5 cm
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5. Liam has two rectangular tiles like this.

11cm

5cm
He makes this L shape.

What is the perimeter of Liam’s L shape?

cm
1 mark

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 6. What is the area of this shape?

4cm
Not to scale

10cm

7cm

10cm

Show
your method.
You may get
a mark.

cm2

2 marks

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 7. (a) Tick ( ) any rectangles below that have an area of 12cm2

3 cm

2 cm 2 cm
4 cm

4 cm

4 cm 6 cm

1 mark

(b) A square has an area of 100cm2

What is its perimeter?

Show your working.

......................... cm
2 marks

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 8. (a) I have a square piece of paper.

The diagram shows information about this square labelled A.

A 8 cm

8 cm
I fold square A in half to make rectangle B.

Then I fold rectangle B in half to make square C.

Complete the table below to show the area and perimeter of each shape.

Area Perimeter

Square A cm2 cm

Rectangle B cm2 cm

Square C cm2 cm

3 marks

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 (b) I start again with square A.

A 8 cm

8 cm

Then I fold it in half to make triangle D.

What is the area of triangle D?

........................ cm2
1 mark

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(c) One of the statements below is true for the perimeter of triangle D.

Tick ( ) the correct one.

The perimeter is less than 24 cm.

The perimeter is 24 cm.

The perimeter is greater than 24 cm.

Explain your answer.

1 mark

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