Cambridge O Level Mathematics Second edition
Student Book answers
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40 Mensuration
Exercise 40.1
1 a) 10 cm
b) 38 cm
2 a) Missing lengths: 8 cm and 9 cm; Perimeter 72 cm
b) Missing lengths: 10 cm, 6 cm and 7 cm; Perimeter 74 cm
c) Missing lengths: 120 m and 90 m; Perimeter 660 m
d) Missing lengths: 3.4 cm, 2 cm, 8.2 cm, 2 cm, 3.4 cm and 3.1 cm;
Perimeter 44.2 cm
3 a) 11.4 cm
b) 12.8 cm
c) 11.2 cm
4 5 cm
5 30 cm
6 1 cm by 29 cm; 2 cm by 28 cm; 3 cm by 27 cm; 4 cm by 26 cm;
5 cm by 25 cm; 6 cm by 24 cm; 7 cm by 23 cm; 8 cm by 22 cm;
9 cm by 21 cm; 10 cm by 20 cm; 11 cm by 19 cm; 12 cm by 18 cm;
13 cm by 17 cm; 14 cm by 16 cm; 15 cm by 15 cm
Exercise 40.2
1 16.92 cm2
2 6.76 m2
3 15.023 cm2
4 36 m2
5 a) 2.34 km2
b) 6.2 km
6 49 cm2
7 15 cm
8 a) 444 m2
b) 22.2 kg
c) 9
Cambridge O Level Mathematics Second Edition 1
© Brian Seager, Michael Handbury, Jean Matthews, Heather West, John Jeskins 2023
Cambridge O Level Mathematics Ch40 Student Book answers
Exercise 40.3
1 a) 12 cm2
b) 20 m2
c) 35 cm2
d) 31.5 m2
e) 30.38 cm2
f) 12.6 m2
g) 7.5 m2
h) 16.38 cm2
i) 24 m2
2 a) 40 m2
b) 45 cm2
c) 49.5 m2
d) 17.5 m2
e) 13.76 cm2
f) 9.86 m2
g) 8.16 m2
h) 11.25 cm2
i) 19.09 m2
3 a) 24 cm2
b) 4.8 cm
Exercise 40.4
1 a) 40 cm2
b) 42 cm2
c) 30 cm2
d) 34.2 cm2
e) 37.6 cm2 to 1 d.p.
f) 23.8 cm2
Cambridge O Level Mathematics Second Edition 2
© Brian Seager, Michael Handbury, Jean Matthews, Heather West, John Jeskins 2023