Perimeter and Area

I. Choose the correct answer

1. The difference between the length and breadth of a rectangle is 2 cm and the
perimeter is 20 cm. Which of the following can be the length and breadth of this
rectangle?
a) L=9 cm, B=7 cm b) L = 8 cm, B = 6 cm c) L = 6 cm, B = 4 cm d) L =
12 cm, B = 10 cm
2. The sum of the length and breadth of a rectangle is 12 cm and the area is 20 sq
cm. Which of the following can be the length and breadth of this rectangle?
a) L=8 cm, B=4 cm b) L = 10 cm, B = 2 cm c) L = 9 cm, B = 3 cm d) L
= 7 cm, B = 5 cm
3. What should be calculated to find the number tiles to cover the floor of a room.
a) Area b) Perimeter c) angle d)side
4. Area of a square of Perimeter 12 cm is
a) 4 cm b) 4 sq cm c) 9 cm d) 9 sq cm
5. Assertion (A) – Perimeter of a rectangular frame of length 10 cm and breadth 4
cm is 28cm.
Reason (R) – Perimeter of a rectangle is the sum of all its sides.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false but R is true
6. Assertion (A) – When one of the dimensions of the rectangle of length 3cm
and breadth 2cm is doubled then its area is 2x(6+2)=16 cm
Reason (R) – When one of the dimensions of a rectangle is doubled, then its
area is also doubled.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false but R is true
7. Assertion (A) – When the dimensions of a rectangle are doubled, then its
perimeter is also doubled.
Reason (R) – Perimeter of a rectangle = length × breadth sq units
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false but R is true
8. Assertion (A) – If the cost of fencing is Rs.100 per m, then the total cost of
fencing a garden bed of length 3 m and breadth 2m is Rs.1000
Reason (R) – Total cost of fencing is the product of area and Cost per feet.
a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false but R is true
9. Read the statements and choose from the correct option.
Statement (I) – The length of a rectangle is got by dividing its perimeter by
breadth.
 Statement (II) – Perimeter of a rectangle is always less than or equal to its area.
a) Both (I) and (II) are true.
b) Both (I) and (II) are false.
c) (I) is true but (II) is false.
d) (I) is false but (II) is true.
10. Read the statements and choose from the correct option.
Statement (I) – When one of the dimensions of a rectangle is doubled, then its
perimeter becomes two times larger.
Statement (II) – When both the dimensions of a rectangle are doubled, then its
perimeter becomes four times larger.
a) Both (I) and (II) are true.
b) Both (I) and (II) are false.
c) (I) is true but (II) is false.
d) (I) is false but (II) is true.
II. Do the following (Necessary steps must be shown) (one mark each)
11. If the length and breadth of a rectangle are 20 cm and 2 cm find its area.
12. Find the length of the rectangle whose area is 20 sq m and breadth is 4 m.
13. The perimeter of a square of side 6 cm is.
14. Find the side of a square whose perimeter is 36 cm.
15. Area of a square is doubled when the length of the side is doubled. State
true or False.
III. Do the following (Necessary steps must be shown) (two marks each)
16. The area of a rectangular garden 50 m long is 300 sq m. Find the width of
the garden.
17. The width of a room is 15 sq m and its length is three times its width.
Calculate the carpet that is required to cover the floor of the room?
18. What is the length of the wooden strip required to frame the border of a
photograph of length and breadth 32cm and 21 cm respectively.
19. Your family wants to buy a new TV, but it has to fit into the cabinet that
they already have. The area of the opening in the cabinet is 192 inches. The
width of the opening is 8 inches, what is the length of the opening?
20. To protect a square painting of side 50 cm, Jennifer wants to paste a plastic
sheet over it. What is the measure of plastic sheet required?
IV. Do the following (Necessary steps must be shown) (three marks each)
21. A wire bent in a shape of a rectangle of sides 14 cm and 6 cm was
straightened and rebent into a square. Find the length of the side of a square.
22. Raju’s yard is a 25m wide and 42m long rectangle. Hem’s rectangular yard
is 3 times as long and 3 times as wide. What is the perimeter of Hem’s yard?
23. Find the cost of tiling a square bathroom of side 5 ft if the cost of tiling is
Rs.250 per square metre.
24. A rectangular sheet of paper with length 20cm and breadth 10cm is to be
cut into small squares of side 5cm each.
25. 4
a) Find the area of one square piece?
b) Find the area of the rectangular sheet?
c) How many square pieces will be obtained?
 26. A man walks around a rectangular garden 2 times every morning for five
days a week. If the garden measures 92 m in length and 88 m in breadth, how
many meters does he walk every week?
27. A fence is to be put around a playground. The playground is a rectangle
15m long and 10m wide. Fencing costs Rs 85 a meter. What is the perimeter of
the playground? How much will the fencing cost assuming there is no waste?
28. The area of a square and rectangle are equal. If the side of the square is 15
cm and the length of the rectangle is 45 cm, find the breadth and perimeter of
the rectangle.
29. Compare the perimeters of a square 12cm on each side
and a rectangle 9cm by 7cm.Which figure has the greater
perimeter and by how much?
V. Do the following (Necessary steps must be shown) (five marks
each)
30. Three wooden planks, each measuring 2 m in length and 1 m in breadth,
are combined to create a dining table. The planks are arranged to form a
rectangular tabletop,
a) What is the perimeter of the table formed?
b) What is the total cost of varnishing the top if
varnishing per sq m is Rs.10?
31. The length and breadth of the outer rectangle is
shown in the figure. If the width of the pathway is 2m,
find the following.
a) Length of the park. And Breadth of the park.
b) Area of the park.
c) Area of the pathway
 ANSWERS
1) C)
2) B)
3) A)
4) D)
5) A)
6) D)
7) C)
8) C)
9) B)
10) C)
11) 40 sq cm
12) 5m
13) 24 cm
14) 9 cm
15) False
16) 6m
17) 675 sq m
18) 106 cm
19) 24 inches
20) 2500 sq cm
21) 10 cm
22) 402 m
23) Rs. 6250
24) a)25 b)200c)8
25) 1800 m
26) Rs. 4250
27) Breadth = 5cm, Perimeter = 100 cm
28) 36-32=4
29) a)10 m b) Rs.600
30) a) Length of park = 16 m and Breadth of park = 6 m

b) Area of park = 96 sq m

c) Area of pathway = 200 – 96 = 104 sq m