New Century Mathematics (2nd Edition) 1B

7 Area and Volume (I)

Consolidation Exercise 7A !
Level 1
Find the areas of the following polygons. [Nos. 1–6]
1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

Find the areas of the shaded regions in the following figures. [Nos. 7–14]

7. 8. 9.

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10. 11. 12.

13. 14.

Find the unknowns in the following figures. [Nos. 15–18]

15. (a) (b)

16. (a) (b)

17. (a) (b)

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18. (a) (b)

19. A logo in the shape of number ‘7’ is printed on the T-shirt as

shown. Find the area of the logo.

20. The figure shows the floor plan of a lawn.

(a) Find the area of the lawn.
(b) Suppose we need to hire workers to mow the lawn. The cost
of mowing each m2 of the lawn is $15. Find the cost required.

21. The figure shows a garden ABCDE.

(a) Find the area of the garden ABCDE.
(b) Part of the garden (region ABCE) is used to plant roses. Find
the area of the region ABCE.

Level 2
Find the areas of the following polygons. [Nos. 22–25]
22. 23.

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24. 25.

Find the areas of the shaded regions in the following figures. [Nos. 26–29]
26. 27.

28. 29.

Find the areas of the shaded regions in the following figures. [Nos. 30–31]
30. 31.

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In the figure, the area of the polygon ABCDE is 104 cm2. Find the value of y.

33. In the figure, ABCG is a trapezium. BCDE is a

parallelogram. BE and CG intersect at F. It is given
that the area of the polygon ABCDEFG is 99 cm2.
(a) Express the areas of trapezium ABCG,
parallelogram BCDE and BCF in terms of y.
(b) Find the value of y.

34. In the figure, a road sign is formed by three parts: right-angled

triangle ABC, square DEIJ and parallelogram FGHI.
(a) Find the area of the polygon ABCDEIJ.
(b) If the area of the road sign is 13 300 cm2, find the length
of EF.

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35.

The map shows a concert hall ABC which is in a triangular shape. The hall is located by a straight
road DEF, where DE = 40 m and EF = 60 m. The length of the paths AD, BE, and CF are 50 m, 30 m
and 80 m respectively. Find the area of the concert hall ABC.

36.

The figure shows two icons of letters ‘F’ and ‘Y’. Which icon has a smaller area? Explain your answer.

37.

The figure shows the floor plans of Brian’s courtyard and garage. He wants to cover the floors of these
two places with cement. It is known that the cost of each m2 of cement is $320. If Brian’s budget is
$28 000, does he have enough money to buy the cement required? Explain your answer.

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38. (a) Find the area of the shaded region in the figure.

(b) Grace makes four identical shapes as shown in (a) to

form a logo on the right. She wants to cover the logo
with gold foil priced at $0.6 per mm2. She claims that
the total cost is less than $140. Do you agree? Explain
your answer.
(Note: For the remaining part with area less than 1 mm2,
its cost is also $0.6.)

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New Century Mathematics (2nd Edition) 1B

7 Area and Volume (I)

Consolidation Exercise 7B !
Level 1
For each prism in Nos. 1–8, find
(a) the total surface area,
(b) the volume.

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

7. 8.

Find the value of the unknown in each of the following prisms. [Nos. 9–14]
9. volume = 200 cm3 10.

x cm

area = 25 cm2

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11. 12.

13. 14.

15. The figure shows a plastic box (with a lid) in the shape of a
rectangular prism.
(a) Find the total surface area of the box.
(b) If each m2 of plastic sheet costs $150, what is the total cost of
making 6 such boxes?

16. The figure shows a block in the shape of a prism. Its base is a
regular pentagon.
(a) Find the total surface area of the block.
(b) The surface of the block is painted in red. If the cost of
painting each cm2 of the block is $0.05, what is the total
cost of painting 800 such blocks?

17. The figure shows a chocolate box in the shape of a prism,

whose base is a right-angled trapezium. Find the volume of
the chocolate box.

18. A factory produces 500 wooden wedges in the shape of prisms.

The figure shows the size of each wedge. Find the total volume
3.5 cm
of wood required to produce these 500 wedges. 5 cm
14 cm

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19.

As shown in the figure, water of 1 575 cm3 is pumped away from a container in the shape of a prism
with base area 225 cm2. Find the decrease in the water level.

20. The figure shows an empty container in the shape of a rectangular

prism. It is 20 cm long and 10 cm wide. Manson pours 1 700 cm3 of
milk into the container. If no milk overflows, find the depth of milk
in the container.

Level 2
For each prism in Nos. 21–26, find
(a) the total surface area,
(b) the volume.
21. 22.

23. 24.

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25. 26.

27. The figure shows an E-shaped wooden block.

(a) Find the volume of the wooden block.
(b) If each cubic centimetre of the wood weighs 0.4 g,
find the weight of the wooden block.

28. The figure shows a cubic container which is made of glass of

1 cm thick. It has 4 lateral faces and one base.
(a) Find the volume of the space inside the container.
(b) If 1 cm3 of glass weighs 2.5 g, find the weight of the container.

32 cm

29. In the figure, the volume of a soap in the shape of a rectangular

prism is 180 cm3.
(a) Find the value of t.
(b) Find the total surface area of the soap.

30. The figure shows a prism whose base is a parallelogram. The

total surface area of the prism is 577 mm2.
(a) Find the value of x.
(b) Find the volume of the prism.

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31. The figure shows a model in the shape of a prism. The base
of the prism (the shaded part) is a hexagon formed by a
rectangle and a trapezium. If the volume of the model is
159 m3, find
(a) the value of x,
(b) the total surface area of the model.

32.

The figure shows a piece of rectangular cardboard of length 80 cm and width 40 cm. Sharon cuts a
square of side 5 cm away from each of the four corners of the cardboard. Then, she folds the
cardboard along the dotted lines to make a box. Find the capacity of the box obtained.

33.

As shown in the figure, a rectangular tank is full of water originally. After draining water from the
tank twice as shown, what is the final volume of water in the tank?

34. The figure shows a metal block in the shape of a prism. Some
identical blocks are put into a rectangular water tank of length
0.4 m, width 0.3 m and height 0.2 m. The original depth of water
in the tank is 17 cm and all blocks are immersed in water. What is
the maximum number of blocks to be put into the tank such that
no water overflows? Explain your answer.

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35. In the figure, a reservoir in the shape of a prism is 300 m long and 100 m wide. The depth of water in
the reservoir is 0.5 m at the shallow end and 2.5 m at the deep end. The difference in height between
the edge of the reservoir and the water surface is 8 m.
300 m
100 m

8m

2.5 m

0.5 m

(a) Find the volume of water in the reservoir.

(b) If some water is added to the reservoir so that the volume becomes four times of that
in (a), what is the difference in height between the edge and the water surface?

36.

The figure shows a rectangular prism and a triangular prism.

(a) Find the volume of the rectangular prism.
(b) It is given that the two prisms are of the same volume.
(i) Find the value of x.
(ii) Which prism has a greater total surface area? Explain your answer.

37. In the figure, the metal block is in the shape of a prism whose base is a trapezium. It is melted to make
30 identical metal sticks in the shape of hexagonal prisms.

(a) Find the volume of the metal block.

(b) If the height of each metal stick is 12 cm, find its base area.

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