Class – VI PERIMETER AND AREA (Questions)

Q Questions
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1 The distance covered along the boundary of any closed plane figure when you
go around it once is called …………….. (Ans – Perimeter)
2 A closed plane figure is made up of ………………(Ans - line segments)
3 The total distance along the outer boundary of a closed plane figure is called
………..( Ans – Perimeter)
4 The sum of the lengths of all sides of a closed plane figure is called ………..( Ans
– Perimeter)
5 A rectangle ABCD has length and breadth 12 cm and 8 cm, respectively. What
is its perimeter?
6 Perimeter of a rectangle = ………………(Ans - 2 × (length + breadth))
7 The perimeter of a rectangle is ………the sum of its length and breadth. (Ans –
twice)
8 Debojeet wants to put coloured tape all around a square photo frame of side
1m. What will be the length of the coloured tape he requires? (Ans – 4m)
9 Perimeter of a square = ….. × length of a side. (Ans – 4)
10 The perimeter of a square is ………….the length of its side. (Ans – quadruple)
11 A triangle is having three sides of lengths 4 cm, 5 cm and 7 cm. Find its
perimeter.
12 Perimeter of a triangle = sum of the lengths of its …….sides. (Ans – 3)
13 Akshi wants to put lace all around a rectangular tablecloth that is 3 m long and 2 m
wide. Find the length of the lace required. (Ans – 10m)
14 Find the distance travelled by Usha if she takes three rounds of a square park of side
75 m. (Ans – 900m)
15 Find the missing terms:
a. Perimeter of a rectangle = 14 cm; breadth = 2 cm; length = ?.
b. Perimeter of a square = 20 cm; side of a length = ?.
c. Perimeter of a rectangle = 12 m; length = 3 m; breadth = ?.
16 A rectangle having side lengths 5 cm and 3 cm is made using a piece of wire. If the
wire is straightened and then bent to form a square, what will be the length of a side
of the square?
17 Find the length of the third side of a triangle having a perimeter of 55 cm and having
two sides of length 20 cm and 14 cm, respectively.
18 What would be the cost of fencing a rectangular park whose length is 150 m and
breadth is 120 m, if the fence costs `40 per metre?
19 A piece of string is 36 cm long. What will be the length of each side, if it is used to
form a square.
20 A piece of string is 36 cm long. What will be the length of each side, if it is used to
form a triangle with all sides of equal length.
21 A piece of string is 36 cm long. What will be the length of each side, if it is used to
form a hexagon with sides of equal length?
22 A farmer has a rectangular field having length 230 m and breadth 160 m. He wants to
fence it with 3 rounds of rope as shown. What is the total length of rope needed?
23 See the figure and answer the following questions :
(i) Find the distance covered by Akshi in
one round.
(ii) Find out the total distance Akshi has
covered in 5 rounds.
(iii) Find out the total distance Toshi has
covered in 7 rounds. Who ran a longer
distance?
 (iv) Think and mark the positions as directed—
a) Mark ‘A’ at the point where Akshi will be after she ran 250 m.
b) Mark ‘B’ at the point where Akshi will be after she ran 500 m.
c) Now, Akshi ran 1000 m. How many full rounds has she finished running around her
track? Mark her position as ‘C’.
d) Mark ‘X’ at the point where Toshi will be after she ran 250 m.
e) Mark ‘Y’ at the point where Toshi will be after she ran 500 m.
f. Now, Toshi ran 1000 m. How many full rounds has she finished running around her
track? Mark her position as ‘Z’.
24 In races, usually there is a common finish line for all the
runners. Here are two square running tracks with the inner
track of 100 m each side and outer track of 150 m each side.
The common
finishing line for both runners is shown by the flags in the
figure which are in the center of one of the sides of the
tracks. If the total race is of 350 m, then we have to find out
where the starting positions of the two runners should be on
these two tracks so
that they both have a common finishing line after they run for 350 m. Mark the
starting points of the runner on the inner track as ‘A’ and the runner on the
outer track as ‘B’.
25 Akshi says that the perimeter of this triangle
shape is 9 units. Toshi says it can’t be 9 units
and the perimeter will be more than 9 units.
This figure has lines of two different unit
lengths. The straight lines and the diagonal
lines. So, the
perimeter of this triangle is 6 straight units + 3 diagonal units. We can write this
in a short form as: 6s + 3d units.
Write the perimeters of the figures below in terms of straight and diagonal
units.

26 Closed figures that have all sides and all angles equal are called …………(Ans -
regular polygons)
27 Name the three sided regular polygon.
28 Name the four sided regular polygon.
29 Name the five sided regular polygon.
30 Perimeter of an equilateral triangle = …. × length of a side. (Ans – 3)
31 Perimeter of a five sided regular polygon = …. × length of a side. (Ans – 5)
32 Perimeter of a six sided regular polygon = …. × length of a side. (Ans – 6)
33 A rectangular paper chit of dimension 6 cm × 4 cm
is cut as shown into two equal pieces. These two
pieces are joined in different ways.
Find the perimeter in each arrangement a,b,c and d.
34 A rectangular paper chit of dimension 6 cm × 4 cm
is cut as shown into two equal pieces. Arrange the two pieces
to form a figure with a perimeter of 22 cm.

35 The amount of region enclosed by a closed figure is called its………. (Ans –

area)
36 Fill in the blanks :
(i) Area of a square = ……………………….
(ii) Area of a rectangle = …………………..
37 A floor is 5 m long and 4 m wide. A square carpet of sides 3 m is laid on the floor. Find
the area of the floor that is not carpeted. (Ans – 11 sq. m)
38 Four square flower beds each of side 4 m are in four corners on a piece of land 12 m
long and 10 m wide. Find the area of the remaining part of the land. (Ans – 56 sq.
m)
39 The area of a rectangular garden 25 m long is 300 sq m. What is the width of the
garden?
40 What is the cost of tiling a rectangular plot of land 500 m long and 200 m wide at the
rate of ` 8 per hundred sq m?
41 A rectangular coconut grove is 100 m long and 50 m wide. If each coconut tree
requires 25 sq m, what is the maximum number of trees that can be planted in this
grove?
42 By splitting the following figures into rectangles, find their areas (all measures are
given in metres):

43 The area of one full small square of the squared or graph paper is taken
as……………. (Ans - 1 sq unit)
44 The area of less than half a square of the squared or graph paper is taken
as……………. (Ans - 0 sq unit)
45 The area of more than half of a square of the squared or graph paper is taken
as……………. (Ans - 1 sq unit)
46 The area of exactly half the square of the squared or graph paper is taken
as……………. (Ans – 1/2 sq unit)
47 Find the area of the following figures.
48 On a squared grid paper (1 square = 1 square unit), make as many rectangles
as you can whose lengths and widths are a whole number of units such that the
area of
the rectangle is 24 square units.
a. Which rectangle has the greatest perimeter?
b. Which rectangle has the least perimeter?
(Note – Graph sheet may be provided to students)
49 On a squared grid paper (1 square = 1 square unit), make as many rectangles
as you can whose lengths and widths are a whole number of units such that the
area of
the rectangle is 32 square units.
a. Which rectangle has the greatest perimeter?
b. Which rectangle has the least perimeter?
(Note – Graph sheet may be provided to students)
50 See the figure and answer the following
1. Find the area of blue triangle BAD.
2. Find the area of red triangle ABE.
3. the area of triangle BAD is …….of the area of the rectangle
ABCD. (Ans – half)
4. Area of triangle ABE = Area of triangle …..+ Area of
triangle……. (Ans – AEF , BEF)
5. The area of triangle AEF = …….of the area of rectangle AFED. (Ans – half)
6. The area of triangle BEF = …….of the area of rectangle BFEC. (Ans – half)
7. The area of triangle ABE = half of the area of rectangle …….. + half of the
area of rectangle……... (Ans – AFED , BFEC)
51 Find the areas of the figures below by dividing them into rectangles and triangles.

52 Observe these two figures.

(i) What is the similarity between the two
figures?
(ii) Find the areas of the two figures.
(iii) Which figure has the greater perimeter ? Find the perimeter of both
figures.

53 See the figure,

(i) Find the perimeter of the given figure.
(ii) What will be the change in the perimeter if a new square is attached (new square is shown on the right)
(a) Increase (b) Decrease (c) Stays the same (d) Can’t say anything.
54 Below is the house plan of Charan. It is in a
rectangular plot. Look at the plan. Some of
the measurements are given.
a. Find the missing measurements.
b. Find out the area of his house.

55 Below is the house plan of

Sharan. It is in a rectangular
plot. Look at the plan. Some of
the measurements are given.
a. Find the missing
measurements.
b. Find out the area of his
house.

56 Compare the areas and perimeters of Sharan’s house and Charan’s house as
given in questions 54 and 55.
57 In each figure, find the missing value of either the length of a side or the area of
a region.
58 Give the dimensions of a rectangle whose area is the sum of the areas of these two
rectangles having measurements: 5 m × 10 m and 2 m × 7 m.
59 The area of a rectangular garden that is 50 m long is 1000 sq m. Find the width of the
garden.
60 The floor of a room is 5 m long and 4 m wide. A square carpet whose sides are 3 m in
length is laid on the floor. Find the area that is not carpeted.
61 Four flower beds having sides 2 m long and 1 m wide are dug at the four corners of a
garden that is 15 m long and 12 m wide. How much area is now available for laying
down a lawn?
62 Shape A has an area of 18 square units and Shape B has an area of 20 square units.
Shape A has a longer perimeter than Shape B. Draw two such shapes satisfying the
given conditions.
63 On a page in your book, draw a rectangular border that is 1 cm from the top and
bottom and 1.5 cm from the left and right sides. What is the perimeter of the border?
64 Draw a rectangle of size 12 units × 8 units. Draw another rectangle inside it, without
touching the outer rectangle that occupies exactly half the area.
65 A square piece of paper is folded in half. The square is then cut into two rectangles
along the fold. Regardless of the size of the square, one of the following statements is
always true. Which
statement is true here?
a. The area of each rectangle is larger than the area of the square.
b. The perimeter of the square is greater than the perimeters of both the rectangles
added together.
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c. The perimeters of both the rectangles added together is always 1 times the
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perimeter of the square.
d. The area of the square is always three times as large as the areas of both
rectangles added together.
66 Area is generally measured in square units. (True / False)
67 The area of a rectangle is its length times its width. (True / False)