Area& Perimeter of Quadrilaterals

Notes

Square Rectangle Parallelogram

Perimeter = 4𝑥 Perimeter = 2𝑥 + 2𝑦 Perimeter = ∑ 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠

Area = x2 Area = xy Area = xy

x = side length x = length x = base

y = width y = height

Rhombus Kite Trapezium

Perimeter = 4x Perimeter = 2𝑥 + 2𝑦 Perimeter = ∑ 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠

𝑑1 × 𝑑2 𝑑1 × 𝑑2 (𝑥 + 𝑦)
Area = Area = Area = ×ℎ
2 2 2
x = side length x = one of 1st equal pair x & y = The bases

𝑑1 & 𝑑2 = Diagonals y = one of 2nd equal pair h = height

𝑑1 & 𝑑2 = Diagonals

Investigating Area & Perimeter of quadrilaterals

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Example 1

What is the perimeter of the rectangle?

Solution

Perimeter is the distance around a two-dimensional shape.

Therefore, the perimeter of this rectangle is 9 + 5 + 9 + 5 = 28
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Example 2

The diagram shows a rectangle and a square.

If they have equal perimeters, what is the length of one side of the square?

Solution

Perimeter of the rectangle = distance around edges = 7 + 3 + 7 + 3 = 20

Since they have equal perimeters, the perimeter of the square = 20 also

But a square has four equal edges.

So the length of one side of the square = 20/4 = 5

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Example 3

Solution

Area = w × h
w =width
h = height

The width is 6, and the height is 4, so we know w = 6 and h = 4

So: Area = 6 × 4 = 24
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Example 4

If a wire having a length of 96 cm is folded to form a square, how long will each side be?

Solution

The length of the wire is 96 cm and this is equal to the perimeter of the square that is created.

Since the 4 sides of the square have the same length, each side will be one-quarter of the length of
the wire; so, to find the length of a side we calculate
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Example 5

The sum of the perimeters of two squares is 108 mm.If the side length of one of them is 2 mm,
find the side length of the other square in millimeters.

Solution

It can be helpful to sketch what we know to help us see how to answer the question. We know that
there are two squares; let’s call them A and B.

One of the squares has side lengths equal to 2 mm; we will say that that is Square A. So, the
question is asking us to find the side length of Square B. We will denote the unknown side length
by 𝑥
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Example 6

The parallel sides of a trapezoid have lengths 82 and 70. If the height is 100, what is the trapezoid’s
area?

Solution
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Example 7

Solution

We can use the given area of the trapezoid and the lengths of the two parallel bases to form an
equation where ℎ represents the unknown height of the trapezoid:

We now solve this equation to determine the value of ℎ. Simplifying the left-hand side gives
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Example 8

Solution
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Example 9

Solution
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Example 10

Solution
 Practice

1) Find the Area and Perimeter for each quadrilateral below

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2) Find the Area for each quadrilateral below

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3) Find the Perimeter for each quadrilateral below

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5)
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1) The bases of trapezoid 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 differ in length by 6, and the perimeter of the trapezoid is 34 .
What is the area of the trapezoid? [2] Marks

45.0

48.0

54.0

60.0

62.5
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2) Five equal squares are placed side by side to make a single rectangle whose perimeter is 240in.
Find the area of one of these squares in square inches. [2] Marks

Answer
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3) The area of a trapezium is 34 cm2 and the length of one of the parallel sides is 10 cm and its
height is 4 cm. Find the length of the other parallel side in cm. [2] Marks

21

14
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4) If the ratio of areas of two squares is 9: 1, What is the ratio of their perimeters? [2] Marks

1: 2

1: 3

3: 1

3: 4
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5) What is the area of the shaded region? [2] Marks

19.8 cm2

25.16 cm2

14.96 cm2

32.6 cm2
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6) Find the area of the figure below. [2] Marks

276 cm2

114 cm2

247 cm2

390 cm2
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7) Four rectangles each of length 14 cm and width 6 cm are arranged to form the square shape
shown below (the diagram is not drawn to scale). What is the area of the shaded inner square?
[2] Marks

16 cm2

32 cm2

48 cm2

64 cm2

20 cm2
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8) In the following diagram the two shaded rectangles have equal areas. What is the total shaded
area? [2] Marks

Answer
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9) This 4 cm square has been cut into 6 pieces: 𝐴, 𝐵, 𝐶, 𝐷, 𝐸 and 𝐹. 𝐴 is a square of side 2 crn. Dis
a parallelogram. [2] Marks

Calculate the perimeter of piece A.

Answer
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10) This 4 cm square has been cut into 6 pieces: 𝐴, 𝐵, 𝐶, 𝐷, 𝐸 and 𝐹. 𝐴 is a square of side 2 crn.
Dis a parallelogram. [2] Marks

What fraction of the total area is the area of piece D?

Answer
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11) Five identical rectangles fit together as shown. What, in cm2 , is the total area which they
cover? [2] Marks

Answer
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12) What is the area of the shaded area? [2] Marks

Answer
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13) Twelve rectangles, all the same size, are arranged to make a square, as shown in the diagram
above. Calculate the area of one of the rectangles. [2] Marks

Answer
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14) The diagram below shows two overlapping rectangles. Calculate the total shaded area that the
rectangles cover. [2] Marks

Answer
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15) Here are three squares that overlap. The non-overlapping parts of the squares have a total area
of 90 cm2 .The areas of overlapping parts are 2 cm2 , 3 cm2 and 4 cm2 .Work out the area of one
of the squares. [2] Marks

Answer
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16) A square inside the shaded square is now unshaded. What fraction of the shaded square was
unshaded? [2] Marks

Answer
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17) In the figure below, all intersections occur at right angles. What is the approximate perimeter
of the polygon? [2] Marks

20.99

20.19

19.38

19.27

15.11
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18) Below figure shows the farm layout of James where he keeps his cattle with a walkway in
between. [2] Marks

Find the total length of the walkway.

Answer
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19) Tamer wants to build a closed rectangular fence. He uses a long wall for one of the sides. The
perimeter of the fence is 20 m. Each side of the fence is a whole number in metres. [2] Marks

What is the largest area that the fence can cover?

32 m2

42 m2

48 m2

50 m2
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20) The Thick line from A to B divides the area of a grid shown below.

Find the ratio between the two divided areas. [2] Marks

1: 1

3: 1

1: 4

2: 1
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21) In the given figure, the widths are expressed in terms of 𝑦. Work out the value of 𝑦.
[2] Marks

Answer
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22) The square is divided into 2 rectangles with areas 35 cm2 and 𝑥 cm as shown below. Find the
value of x. (Note: Side of the square is a whole number) [2] Marks

Answer
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23) Find the area of the large square which is not filled with blue squares? [2] Marks

2500 cm2

324 cm2

1528 cm2

1825 cm2

1582 cm2
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24) Four friends are flying kites of the same size in a park. The lengths of diagonals of each kite
are 12 in and 15 in. Determine the sum of areas of all the four kites. [2] Marks

Answer
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25) Luai has plans to raise a flower bed diagonally in his garden which is kite-shaped. He measured
and got the longest diagonal as 16 yards. The area of his garden is 64 square yards. How long will
the other diagonal of the flower bed be? [2] Marks
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26) The area of a rhombus is given as 256 square units. If the length of one of the diagonals is 8
units, find the length of its other diagonal. [2] Marks
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27) The adjacent sides of a parallelogram are 10 in and 6 in. The altitude corresponding to side 10
in is 5 in. Using the area of parallelogram formula, find the area and the length of the altitude
corresponding to its adjacent side [2] Marks
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28) The area of a playground which is in the shape of a parallelogram is 2500 in2, with one side
measuring 250 in. Find the corresponding altitude using the area of the parallelogram formula.
[2] Marks
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29) Yamen recently bought a new bookshelf with a base in the shape of an isosceles trapezoid. If
the small base is 2 feet, the large base is 3 feet, and the depth is 8 inches, what is the area of the
base of yamen new bookshelf? [2] Marks
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30) The below diagram shows Rectangle RECT, with midpoint M of CT.

The area of Quadrilateral REMT is 1,200. Evaluate x. [2] Marks