Examples of area of plane shapes

Area is the quantity that expresses the extent of a two-dimensional shape. The area can be understood as the amount of paint necessary to cover the surface with a single coat. The area of a shape can be measured by comparing the shape to squares of a fixed size 1 m^2 or 1 cm^2 etc. Every unit of length has a corresponding unit of area. Areas can be measured in square metres (m^2), square centimetres (cm^2), square millimetres (mm^2), square kilometres (km^2), square feet (ft^2), square yards (yd^2), square miles (mi^2), and so forth.

Number of problems found: 825

  • The book
    book The book has 280 pages. Each side is a rectangle with sides 15 cm and 22 cm. a) how many leaves has the book? b) at least how many square meters of paper should be used to production this book?
  • Cube cut
    cut_cube In the ABCDA'B'C'D'cube, it is guided by the edge of the CC' a plane witch dividing the cube into two perpendicular four-sided and triangular prisms, whose volumes are 3:2. Determine in which ratio the edge AB is divided by this plane.
  • The carpet
    koberec How many meters of carpet 90 cm wide need to cover floor room which has a rectangular shape with a lengths 4.8 m and 2.4 m if the number of pieces on the carpet is needed to be lowest?
  • Prism
    prism_rhombus The base of the prism is a rhombus with a side 30 cm and a height 27 cm long. The height of the prism is 180% longer than the side length of the rhombus. Calculate the volume of the prism.
  • Circular pool
    arc_open The base of the pool is a circle with a radius r = 10 m, excluding a circular segment that determines the chord length 10 meters. The pool depth is h = 2m. How many hectoliters of water can fit into the pool?
  • Mr Duma
    garden Mr Duma recently inherited a rectangular plot, part of the estate left by his late father. The plot with the following dimensions: Length=2x+1;Width=x-1. Determine the formula, in terms of x, that best describes the area of the rectangular plot. He has pl
  • Plumber
    klempir The plumber had to cut the metal strip with dimensions 380 cm and 60 cm to the largest squares to no waste. Calculate the length of the sides of a square. How many squares cut it?
  • Chocholate
    chocolate-xy-axis Table of chocolate is divided into squares on its surface. Lengthwise has 15 squares and widthwise 19 squares. We must chocolate broke into individual squares. How many times have we broke it to get only individual squares? It is not permitted to break se
  • Prism
    prism The base of a perpendicular triangular prism is a right triangle with legs 4.5 cm and 6 cm long. What is the surface of the prism, if its volume is 54 cubic centimeters?
  • Natural fertilizer
    garden The rectangular garden measuring 120m and 60m was fertilized with 16kg of natural fertilizer. Natural fertilizer contains 45% organic matter. How much organic matter falls on 1 m2 of garden?
  • Squares ratio
    squares2 The first square has a side length of a = 6 cm. The second square has a circumference of 6 dm. Calculate the proportions of the perimeters and the proportions of the contents of these squares? (Write the ratio in the basic form). (Perimeter = 4 * a, conte
  • 9-gon pyramid
    9gon+Base+cone Calculate the volume and the surface of a nine-sided pyramid, the base of which can be inscribed with a circle with radius ρ = 7.2 cm and whose side edge s = 10.9 cm.
  • Harvester
    kombajn Harvester has cutting width 4 m and harvested grain in the field, which is 87 meters wide. Harvester moves along the length of the field for six minutes, going back (without cutting) it takes half the time. Each turn at the end field take one minute. How
  • Window
    buranie_otvoru Peter demolish box hole in the wall for window frame 147×51 cm. When they came masters fitted frame and window will be found that glass is 13.3 cm from the hole in each direction. Calculate how much percent less light enters the window than hole?
  • A butter
    cube_shield A butter cube with an edge 6.5 cm long is packed in a package with dimensions a = 28 cm, b = 15 cm. Calculate how many cm2 the package is larger than the surface of the cube.
  • Triangular prism - regular
    prism3s The regular triangular prism is 7 cm high. Its base is an equilateral triangle whose height is 3 cm. Calculate the surface and volume of this prism.
  • Coordinates
    geodet Determine the coordinates of the vertices and the content of the parallelogram, the two sides of which lie on the lines 8x + 3y + 1 = 0, 2x + y-1 = 0 and the diagonal on the line 3x + 2y + 3 = 0
  • Triangular prism
    prism3s Calculate the volume and surface of the triangular prism ABCDEF with base of a isosceles triangle. Base's height is 16 cm, leg 10 cm, base height vc = 6 cm. The prism height is 9 cm.
  • Quadrangular prism
    trapezium_prism The quadrangular prism has a volume of 648 cm3. Trapezoid which is its base has the dimensions bases: a = 10 cm, c = 5 and height v = 6 cm. What is the height of the prism?
  • Pizza
    pizza Pizza with a diameter 50 cm have weight 559 g. What diameter will have a pizza weighing 855 g if it is make from the same cloth (same thickness....) and same decorated?

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