Answers to Coursebook exercises
18 Area, perimeter and volume
F Exercise 18.1
1 a mm2 b cm2 c m2 d m2
2 a 600 b 720 c 30 000 d 54 000 e 9 f 8.65
g 2 h 4.8 i 12.5
3 No. 0.25 × 1000 × 1000 = 250 000
F Exercise 18.2
1 a 8 cm2, 12 cm b 20 m2, 18 m c 40 mm2, 26 mm d 25 cm2, 20 cm
e 56 m2, 30 m f 36 mm2, 30 mm
2 31 080 mm2
3 a 10 m2 b 13 m
4 a 3m b 14 m
5 0.6 cm , 60 mm
2 2
6 Rectangle Length Width Area Perimeter
A 8 mm 6 mm 48 mm 2
28 mm
B 7 cm 4 cm 28 cm 2
22 mm
C 12 m 5m 60 m2 34 m
D 8 cm 3m 24 cm2 22 cm
E 8.5 mm 1.5 mm 12.75 mm 2
20 mm
7 3.6 m2
8 Tanisha. 1 cm by 24 cm, 2 cm by 12 cm, 3 cm by 8 cm, 4 cm by 6 cm
F Exercise 18.3
1 a Method 1 Method 2
Area A = 6 × 2 = 12 cm2 Area A = 2 × 2 = 4 cm2
Area B = 4 × 4 = 16 cm2 Area B = 6 × 4 = 24 cm2
Total area = 12 + 16 = 28 cm2
Total area = 4 + 24 = 28 cm2
b Both methods give the same answer, 28 cm2.
2 a area: 75 cm2, perimeter: 38 cm b area: 86 cm2, perimeter: 44 cm
c area: 19 m2, perimeter: 18 m d area: 510 mm2, perimeter: 114 mm
3 268 cm2
4 a 60 cm2 b 742 cm2
5 Area B = 6 × 2 = 12 cm2, area C = 20 × 2 = 40 cm2, total area = 92 cm2. Perimeter = 64 cm
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Unit 18 Answers to Coursebook exercises
F Exercise 18.4
1 a 56 cm3 b 90 cm3 c 54 cm3
2 a 12 m3 b 360 mm3
3 She didn’t change 35 mm to 3.5 cm; volume = 378 cm3.
4
Length Width Height Volume
a 5 cm 12 mm 6 mm 3600 mm3
b 12 cm 8 cm 4 mm 38.4 cm3
c 8m 6m 90 cm 43.2 m3
d 1.2 m 60 cm 25 cm 180 000 cm3
5 a volume: 32.256 m3 b 3 × 5 × 2 = 30 m3
6 89.6 kg
F Exercise 18.5
1 a 228 cm2 b 76 cm2 c 160 cm2
2 a 148 m2 b 800 mm2
3 a 55.92 m2 b 2 × 6 × 2 + 2 × 6 × 2 + 2 × 2 × 2 = 56 m2
4 a 1620 mm2 b 16.2 cm2
5 a 18 tins b $152.82
End of unit review
1 a m2 b cm2
2 a 800 b 50 000 c 4.2
3 a area: 30 cm2, perimeter: 22 cm b area: 21 m2, perimeter: 20 m
c area: 400 mm (or 4 cm ), perimeter: 116 mm (or 11.6 cm)
2 2
4 a 4m b 20 m
5 a i 102 cm2 ii 255 mm2 b 46 cm
6 a 144 cm 3
b 180 cm 2
7 S he added the dimensions instead of multiplying; the units should be mm3, not mm;
volume = 1440 mm3.
8 a 108.46 m2 b 2 × 7 × 4 + 2 × 7 × 3 + 2 × 4 × 3 = 122 m2
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