GCSE Foundation Area

​Working out the area of 2d shapes.

Area

​To work out the area of a square or rectangle you simply have to multiply the length and the width

Area

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How do you find the area of a rectangle?

• length x width

• add up all the side lengths

• $$\pi\ \times\ r^2$$  

• $$base\ \times\ height\ \div2$$  

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What is the total area of the pink model?

• 3 units squared

• 4 units squared

• 7 units squared

• 12 units squared

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What is the area of the rectangle?

• 15 square centimetres

• 18 square centimetres

• 21 square centimetres

• 22 square centimetres

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What is the area of this irregular shape?

• 13 square centimetres

• 12 square centimetres

• 10 square centimetres

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Which shape has the smaller area?

• A

• B

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What is the area of this shape?

• 8cm

• 15cm

• 15cm²

• 16cm

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What is the area of this shape?

• 100cm²

• 200cm

• 20cm

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A rectangle is 4m long and 3m wide. What is the area?

• 7m²

• 12m²

• 14m²

• 14m

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What is the area of this shape?

• 14km

• 9km²

• 14km²

• 18km²

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A square has sides of 3m. What is the area?

• 9m

• 9m²

• 6m

• 6m²

​For a triangle we have to calculate base x height and divide the answer by 2.

Area

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Area of triangle?

• 20 cm²

• 56 cm²

• 28 cm²

• 27 cm²

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Find the area of a triangle with a height of 4 mm and a base of 6 mm?

• 5 mm squared
• 6 mm squared
• 12 mm squared
• 24 mm squared

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What does area mean?

• the distance around a shape
• half the distance around a shape
• the amount of space outside a shape
• the amount of space inside a shape

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What is the area?

• 12 cm²
• 14
• 14 cm²
• 24 cm²

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Find the area:

• 40 yd
• 40 yd²
• 80 yd²
• 18 yd²

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Find the area of this triangle.

• 150 ft²
• 100 ft²
• 50 ft²
• 35 ft²