Examples of area of plane shapes

  1. Waste
    doska_kruh How many percents are waste from a circular plate with a radius of 1 m from which we cut a square with the highest area?
  2. Flooring a room
    tiles_10 Find the cost of flooring a room 6.5 m by 5 m with square tiles of sides 25 cm at the rate of rupees 9.40 per tile.
  3. A tile
    tiles_9 A tile setter is covering 5ft by 5ft square shower wall. Each tile covers 4 5/8in by 4 5/8in square. How many rows of tile are needed to reach 5ft? How many tiles are needed to cover 5ft by 5ft square
  4. Diagonals of a rhombus 2
    rhombus3_4 One diagonal of a rhombus is greater than other by 4 cm . If the area of the rhombus is 96 cm2, find the side of the rhombus.
  5. Pilot
    aircraft-02_12 How high is the airplane's pilot to see 0.001 of Earth's surface?
  6. Cutting square
    circle22 From a square with a side of 30 cm, we cut the circle with the highest possible diameter. How many percents of the square content is this circle?
  7. Isosceles trapezium
    rr_lichobeznik_2 Calculate the area of an isosceles trapezium ABCD if a = 10cm, b = 5cm, c = 4cm.
  8. Isosceles trapezoid
    lich_2 The old father decided to change the top plate of an isosceles-like trapezoid with the basic dimensions of 120 cm and 60 cm, and the shoulder is 50 centimeters long. How much does it pay for a new plate and a square meter worth 17 euros?
  9. Diagonals of the rhombus
    kosostvorec_3 How long are the diagonals e, f in the diamond, if its side is 5 cm long and its area is 20 cm2?
  10. Rectangle diagonal
    rectnagles_3 The rectangle, one side of which is 5 cm long, is divided by a 13 cm diagonal into two triangles. Calculate the area of one of these triangles in cm2.
  11. Rectangular trapezoid
    right-trapezium-figure The ABCD rectangular trapezoid with the AB and CD bases is divided by the diagonal AC into two equilateral rectangular triangles. The length of the diagonal AC is 62cm. Calculate trapezium area in cm square and calculate how many differs perimeters of the
  12. The aquarium
    akvarko_17 The aquarium has a capacity of 18 liters. What is its height when the square bottom is 8 2/3 cm long?
  13. Rectangular garden
    garden_21 The sides of the rectangular garden are in ratio 1: 2. The diagonal has a length of 20 meters. Calculate the area and perimeter of the garden.
  14. Right isosceles triangle
    euclid_theorem_1 Right isosceles triangle has an altitude x drawn from the right angle to the hypotenuse dividing it into 2 equal segments. The length of one segment is 5 cm. What is the area of the triangle?
  15. An equilateral
    goat__wolf_and_cabbage_1 An equilateral triangle with a side 10 m represents a wooden platform standing in a lawn. A goat is tied to a corner with a 15 m rope. What is the maximum amount of grazing area available to the goat?
  16. Square
    namestie_tr_iso Calculate the area of the square shape of the isosceles triangle with the arms 50m and the base 60m. How many tiles are used to pave the square if the area of one tile is 25 dm2?
  17. Sss triangle
    8_11_12 Calculate the area and heights in the triangle ABC by sides a = 8cm, b = 11cm, c = 12cm
  18. AP RT triangle
    right_triangle_4 The length of the sides of a right triangle form an arithmetic progression, longer leg is 24 cm long. What are the perimeter and area?
  19. MO Z8–I–6 2018
    lich_1 In the KLMN trapeze, KL has a 40 cm base and an MN of 16 cm. Point P lies on the KL line so that the NP segment divides the trapezoid into two parts with the same area. Find the length of the KP line.
  20. Diagonals of pentagon
    5gon_diagonal Calculate the diagonal length of the regular pentagon: a) inscribed in a circle of radius 12dm; b) a circumscribed circle with a radius of 12dm.

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