Area + area of shape - math problems

  1. Playground
    chess On the special playground, there are 81 square sectors, each with a side of 5 m. How many players can fit on the playground if each player needs a 75 m2 area to play?
  2. Triangular prism
    prism3 Calculate the surface of a triangular prism with the base of an equilateral triangle with a side length of 7.5 cm and a corresponding height of 6.5 cm. Prism height is 15cm.
  3. Squares above sides
    pataVysky Two squares are constructed on two sides of the ABC triangle. The square area above the BC side is 25 cm2. The height vc to the side AB is 3 cm long. The heel P of height vc divides the AB side in a 2: 1 ratio. The AC side is longer than the BC side. Calc
  4. Two bodies
    cylinders The rectangle with dimensions 8 cm and 4 cm is rotated 360º first around the longer side to form the first body. Then, we similarly rotate the rectangle around the shorter side b to form a second body. Determine the ratio of surfaces of the first and seco
  5. Two 2D shapes
    rectangles Decide which shapes have more area:   (a) a square of 8cm side; or   (b) two rectangles with sides 5cm and 15cm? Write result as 1 or 2 (rectangles)
  6. Eq triangle minus arcs
    srafovana In an equilateral triangle with a 2cm side, the arcs of three circles are drawn from the centers at the vertices and radii 1cm. Calculate the content of the shaded part - a formation that makes up the difference between the triangle area and circular cuts
  7. The parabolic segment
    ParabolicVolume The parabolic segment has a base a = 4 cm and a height v = 6 cm. Calculate the volume of the body that results from the rotation of this segment a) around its base b) around its axis.
  8. Paint cans
    painter How many paint cans do we need to paint the floor in two rooms with dimensions of 6.8m x 4.5m and 6m x3.8m? One can arefor 6m².
  9. Irregular pentagon
    paper A rectangle-shaped, 16 x 4 cm strip of paper is folded lengthwise so that the lower right corner is applied to the upper left corner. What area does the pentagon have?
  10. Rectangle field
    land The field has a shape of a rectangle having a length of 119 m and a width of 19 m. , How many meters have to shorten its length and increase its width to maintain its area and circumference increased by 24 m?
  11. Flowerbed
    circles We enlarge the circular flower bed, so its radius increased by 3 m. The substrate consumption per enlarged flower bed was (at the same layer height as before magnification) nine times greater than before. Determine the original flowerbed radius.
  12. The trapezium
    rt_iso_triangle The trapezium is formed by cutting the top of the right-angled isosceles triangle. The base of the trapezium is 10 cm and the top is 5 cm. Find the area of trapezium.
  13. Folding table
    stol_rozkladaci The folding kitchen table has a rectangular shape with an area of 168dm2 (side and is 14 dm long). If necessary, it can be enlarged by sliding two semi-circular plates (at sides b). How much percent will the table area increase? The result round to one-hu
  14. The cylinder 2
    cylinder Find the volume and the lateral area of a cylinder of height 12 inches and a base radius of 4 inches.
  15. Squares
    squares2 From a square of 12 dm perimeter is cut smaller square, whose side is the third side of the square. What is the area of the rest?
  16. The tractor
    tractor The tractor sows an average of 1.5 ha per hour. In how many hours does it sows a rectangular trapezoid field with the bases of 635m and 554m and a longer arm 207m?
  17. Company logo
    circle_square_insribed The company logo consists of a blue circle with a radius of 4 cm, which is an inscribed white square. What is the area of the blue part of the logo?
  18. Jared's room painting
    painter Jared wants to paint his room. The dimensions of the room are 12 feet by 15 feet, and the walls are 9 feet high. There are two windows that measure 6 feet by 5 feet each. There are two doors, whose dimensions are 30 inches by 6 feet each. If a gallon of p
  19. Two rectangles 2
    square_2rectangles A square of area 36 cm2 is cut out to make two rectangles. A and B The area of area A to area B is 2 : 1 Find the dimensions of rectangles A and B.
  20. Chauncey
    right_triangle Chauncey is building a storage bench for his son’s playroom. The storage bench will fit into the corner and against two walls to form a triangle. Chanuncy wants to buy a triangular shaped cover for the bench. If the storage bench is 2 1/2 ft. Along one w

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