Form 1/Exploring/ Area and Volume(I)

Chapter 12 Area and Volume (I)

Level 1
1 Find the area of the shaded region in each of the following
figures.
(a) (b)

2 Find the area of the following figures.

(a) (b)

3 (a) Find the area of the figure below.

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(b) The solid below has a uniform cross section. Find its volume.

4 (a) Find the area of the figure below.

(b) The solid below has a uniform cross section. Find its volume.

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5 The figure shows the floor plan of a flat. Find the area of the flat.

6 The area of the triangle below is 128cm2. Find the height of the
triangle.

7 In the figure, ABCD and EFGH are rectangles. If the area of EFGH
is 32cm2, find the area of ABCD.

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Level 2

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1 Find the area of the shaded region in each of the following

figures.
(a) (b)

2 (a) Find the area of the figure below.

(b) Find the area of the shaded region in the figure below.
3 Each of the following solids has a uniform cross section. Find
their volumes.

(a) (b)

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4 The cuboid in the figure below has volume 288cm3. Find its

height.

5 In the figure, BC = 9cm, AC = 8cm and AD = 7cm. Find the

length of BE.

6 A solid has a uniform cross section of area 45 cm 2 and height 50

cm. If the solid is melt and recast into cubes of side length 2 cm,
how many cubes can be made?

7 In the figure, AD = 16cm, AB = 34cm, AC = 65cm and BC =

93cm.

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(a) Find the area of △ABC.

(b) Find the lengths of BF and CE correct to 1 decimal place.

Level 3
1 Find the areas of each of the following figures.
(a) (b)

2 Find the area of the shaded region in the figure.

3 Find the areas of each of the following figures.

(a) (b)

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4 Each of the two solids below has a uniform cross section. Find
their volumes.
(a) (b)

5 ABC is a right-angled triangle with AB = 10cm, AC = 6cm and CD

= 4.8cm. Find
(a) the area of △ABC
(b) the length of CB.

6 The length and width of a swimming pool are 50m and 20m
respectively. The depth of water is 1m at the shallow end and 2m
at the deep end. Find the volume of water that the swimming
pool can contain.

7 The figure shows a container with a uniform cross section in the

shape of a triangle. The area of the uniform cross section is
24cm2. There is some water in the container. If a rectangular block
of length 3cm, width 2cm and height 2cm are totally immersed in

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water and there is no overflow of water, find the rise in water

level. (16 marks)
Level 4
1 Find the area of the following figures.
(a) (b) (c)

2 The figure below shows a solid with uniform cross section. Find
its volume.

3 Find the area of the shaded region in the figure.

4 Find the volume of a cube of side length 3 cm.

5 The volume of a rectangular tank is 81000cm3. If its length and
width are 90cm and 30cm respectively, find its height.
6 A cuboid made of lead measures 1.5cm 2cm  9cm. It is
melted to form a cube. Find the side length of the cube.

Level 5

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1 Find the area of the following figure.

A. 68cm2 m2 m2
B. 47.5c C. 44.5c D. 40cm2

2 Find the area of the following figure.

A. 45cm2
B. 54cm2
C. 76.5cm2
D. 90cm2

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3 Find the volume of the following solid.

A. 270cm3
B. 540cm3
C. 702cm3
D. 810cm3

4 In the figure, area of △ABC = 6 cm2. Find the value of y.

A. 1.2
B. 2.4
C. 4.8
D. 6

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5 If the area of the trapezium below is 38cm2, find the value of h.

A. 15.2
B. 8
C. 7.6
D. 4

6 In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram. Find the value of x.

A. 13.5
B. 13
C. 12.5
D. 10.5

7 Find the value of x in the figure below.

A. 18
B. 20
C. 22

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D. 25

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8 In the figure, ABCD is a square of side length 10 cm, AF = 4cm

and EC = 2cm. Find the area of the shaded region.

A. 22cm2
B. 26cm2
C. 28cm2
D. 30cm2

In the figure, the two squares have areas A1 and A2 respectively

while the right-angled triangle has area A3. If A1A2 = A3, then
x=
A. 13.
B. 14.
C. 15.
D. 16.

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10 A cube of side length 8 cm is melted and recast into x small

cubes of side length 2 cm. What is the value of x?
A. 4
B. 18
C. 32
D. 64

11 The total surface area of a cube is 216 cm2. Find its volume.
A. 64cm3
B. 216cm3
C. 343cm3
D. 512cm3

12 Find the total area of the four walls of a room of dimensions 3m

 4m  2.5m.

A. 25m2
B. 27m2
C. 35m2
D. 39.5m2

13 Eight cubes of side length 2 cm are melted and recast to form a

large cube. Find the side length of the large cube.
A. 3cm
B. 4cm
C. 5cm
D. 6cm

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14 A cuboid has volume 37800cm3. If the length and width of the

cuboid are 0.35m and 200mm respectively, find, in cm, its
height.
A. 0.54cm
B. 5.4cm
C. 54cm
D. 540cm

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300 L of water was poured into a rectangular tank with

dimensions 80cm  50cm  100cm. Find the height of the water
level.
A. 60cm
B. 65cm
C. 70cm
D. 75cm

16 The length, width and thickness of a book are 18 cm, 15 cm and

2 cm respectively. If the thickness of each sheet of paper is 1
mm, how many pages are there in the book?
A. 15
B. 18
C. 20

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D. 150

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17 A rectangular field measures 64m  40m. At the centre of the

field there is a swimming pool which measures 24m  16m. The
swimming pool is connected by 4 paths of width 3 m as shown.

Find the area of the grass region.

A. 2368m2
B. 2176m2
C. 2104m2
D. 1984m2

18 The volume of a warehouse is 500 m3. How many containers in

the shape of a cube of side length 5 m can the warehouse
accommodate?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6

19 A wooden box with lid measures externally 40cm  20cm 

10cm. If the thickness of the wood is 2 cm, find the capacity of
the box.
A. 3456cm3
B. 5472cm3
C. 5760cm3

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D. 7200cm3

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20 In the figure, the area of the shaded region is 100cm2. Find the

value of x.

A. 24
B. 18
C. 16
D. 10

Solution
1 (a) Area of shaded region = [  (62)  8]cm2

=[  8  8]cm2

= 32cm2
(b) Area of shaded region
= Area of the larger triangle – Area of the smaller triangle

= [(  15  6)(  6  2)]cm2

= [456]cm2
= 39cm2

2 (a) Treat the area of the figure as the difference between the
areas of two rectangles.
Area = [(4  3)(2  1)]cm2
= (122)cm2

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= 10cm2
(b) Divide the figure into two rectangles and one triangle.
∴ Area of the figure = {(24  11)[(2410)  7](

 7  10)}cm2

={264[14  7]35}cm2
= {2649835}cm2
= 397cm2

3 (a) Area of the figure = Sum of areas of the upper and lower
triangles

= [(  4  2)(  4  3)]cm2

= [4+6]cm2
= 10cm2
(b) Area of uniform cross section
= {(4  4)[(44)  4][(444)  4]}cm2
= {16[8  4][12  4]}cm2
= {163248}cm2
= 96cm2

∴ Volume of the solid = (96  10)cm3

= 960cm3

4 (a) Area of the figure

= Area of the 2 congruent triangles + Ares of the rectangle

= [2 (  4  4)(4  14)]cm2

= [1656]cm 2
= 72cm2
(b) Area of the uniform cross section
= Area of the rectangle + area of the trapezium

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= {(15  2)  [(1512)6]  (42)}m2

= {30  9  2}m2

{309}m2
= 39m2
∴ Volume of the solid = (39  8)m3
= 312m3

5 Area of the flat = Area of the square + Area of the rectangle

= [(8  8)(118)  5]m2
= [64(3  5)]m2
= [6415]m2
= 79m2

6 Let the height of the triangle be x cm.

Then  32  x = 128

16x = 128

x=

=8
∴ The height of the triangle is 8cm.

7 EH = (822) cm
= 4cm
Let HG = xcm
Then x  4 = 32

x=

=8
i.e. HG = 8cm

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DC = (82 + 2) cm = 12cm
∴ Area of ABCD = (12  8)cm2
= 96cm2
Level 2
1 (a) Area of the shaded region = Area of the triangle – Area of
the rectangle

= [(  8  7)(3  2)]m2

= (286)m2
= 22m2
(b) Area of the shaded region = Area of the parallelogram – Area
of the trapezium

= {(15  10)[  (1013)  4]}m2

= {150[  23  4]}m2

= {15046}m2
= 104m2

2 (a) Area of the figure = Sum of the areas of the two

parallelograms
= [(6  4)(2  8)]cm2
= [2416]cm2
= 40cm2
(b) Area of the shaded region
= Area of the rectangle – Area of the two trapeziums

= {(18  16)[  (67)  5][  (710)  4]}cm2

= {288[  13  5][  17  4]}cm2

= {28832.534}cm2
= 221.5cm2

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3 (a) Area of the uniform cross section

= Area of the triangle + Area of the rectangle

= [(  7  7.2)(13  7)]cm2

= [25.291]cm2
= 116.2cm2
∴ Volume of the solid = (116.2  10)cm3
= 1162cm3
(b) Area of the uniform cross section
= Area of the triangle Area of the 3 rectangles

= {(  2  5)(2  5)[3  (51)][4 

(512)]cm2
= [5 + 10128]cm2
= 35cm2
∴ Volume of the solid = (35  6)cm3
= 210cm3

4 Let the height of the cuboid be x cm.

Then 6  6  x = 288
36 x = 288

x=

=8
∴ The height of the cuboid is 8cm.

5 Area of △ABC =  BC  AD

=(  9  7) cm2

= 31.5cm2

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Area of △ABC =  AC  BE

Let BE = xcm

Then  8  x = 31.5

x=

= 7.875
∴ BE = 7.875cm

6 Volume of the solid = (45  50) cm3

= 2250cm3
Area of each cube of side length 2 cm = 2  2  2 cm3
= 8cm3

Number of cubes that can be made =

= 281.25
∴ 281 cubes can be made.

7 (a) Area of △ABC = (  93  16)cm2

= 744cm2

(b) Area of △ABC =  AC  BF

Let BF = xcm

Then  65  x = 744

x=

∴ BF = 22.9cm (correct to 1 decimal place)

Area of △ABC =  AB  CE

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Let CE = ycm

Then  34  y = 744

y=

CE = 43.8cm (correct to 1 decimal place)

Level 3
1 (a) The figure is a trapezium with upper base 2cm, lower base
(22)cm = 4cm and height 8cm.

∴ Area = [  (24)  8]cm2

= (  6  8) cm2

= 24cm2
(b) Area of the figure = Sum of the areas of the two congruent
triangles

=2(  10  5) cm2

= 50cm2

2 Area of the shaded region

= Area of the large rectangle Area of the two congruent squares
Area of the small rectangle
= [(5  4)(1  1)(1  1)(3  2)]cm2
= (20116)cm2
= 16cm2

3 (a) Area of the figure

= Sum of the areas of the three rectanglesArea of the
triangle

= [(20  10)(40  10)[(401919)  10]( 

20  20)]cm2

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= [20040020200]cm2
= 820cm2
(b) Area of the figure
= 2  (Area of the rectangleArea of the trapezium)

= 2  [(10  30)  (301010)  ]cm2

= 2  [300  30  10]cm2

= 2  [300150]cm2
= 900cm2

4 (a) Area of the uniform cross section

= Sum of the areas of the five congruent squares
= [5  (2  2)]cm2
= 20cm2
∴ Volume of the solid = (20  5)cm3
= 100cm3
(b) Area of the uniform cross section
= Difference between the areas of the two squares
= [(8  8)(2  2)]cm2
= (644)cm2
= 60cm2
∴ Volume of the solid = (60  2)cm3
= 120cm3

5 (a) Area of △ABC =  10  4.8cm2

= 24cm2
(b) Let CB = xcm

Then  6  x = 24

3x = 24

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x=

=8
∴ CB = 8cm

6 We can regard the swimming pool as a prism with the

trapezoidal lateral face as uniform cross section and the width of
20 m as the height.

Area of the uniform cross section = [  (12)  50]m2

= (  3  50)m2

= 75m2
∴ Volume of water the swimming pool can contain = (75 
20)m3
= 1500m3

7 Volume of the rectangular box = (3  2  2)cm3

= 12cm3
This is equal to the apparent increase in the volume of water.
Let the rise in water level be xcm.
Then 24  x = 12

x=

= 0.5
∴ The rise in water level is 0.5cm.
Level 4
1 (a) Area = (8  5) cm2
= 40cm2

(b) Area = (  4  3) cm2

= 6cm2

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(c) Area = (4  3) cm2

= 12cm2

2 Volume of the solid = (50  20) cm3

= 1000cm3

3 Area of the larger rectangle

= (383)  (5165) m2
= 364m2
Area of the smaller rectangle
= 16  8m2
= 128m2
Area of the shaded region
= Area of the larger rectangle – Area of the smaller rectangle
= (364128) m2
= 236m2

4 Volume of the cube = (3  3  3) cm3

= 27cm3

5 Let the height of the tank be x cm.

Then 90  30  x = 81000
2700 x = 81000

x=

x = 30
∴ The height of the tank is 30 cm.

6 Volume of the cuboid = 1.5  2  9cm3

= 27cm3
Let the side length of the cube be x cm.

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Then x  x  x = 27
∴ x=3
∴ The side length of the cube is 3 cm.
Level 5

1 Area = {(  3  3)[  (35)  7](  3  5)}cm2

= {4.5[  8  7]7.5}cm2

= {4.5287.5}cm2
= 40cm2

Answer: D

2 Area of the figure = Area of rectangle ABDE 2  Area of △AFE

= [(8  9)2  (  9  2)]cm2

= (7218)cm2
= 90cm2
Answer: D

3 Area of the uniform cross section = [  (6 + 9)  4]cm2

=[  15  4]cm2

= 30cm2
∴ Volume = (30  18)cm3
= 540cm3

Answer: B

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4  y  2.5 = 6

y=

= 4.8

Answer: C

5  (514)  h = 38

12  19  h = 38

h=

=4

Answer: D

6 8  x = 12  7

x=

= 10.5

Answer: D

7 x5=  15  6

x=

= 18

Answer: A

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8 Area of the shaded region = [  (24)  10]cm2

=(  6  10)cm2

= 30cm2

Answer: D

9 ∵ A1A2 = A3

i.e. (5) 2(12) 2 =  x  26

25144 = 13x
169 =13x

x=

= 13

Answer: A

10 Volume of the cube of side length 8 cm = 8  8  8cm3 =

512cm3
Volume of each small cube of side length 2 cm = 2  2  2 =
8cm3

∴ x=

= 64

Answer: D

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11 Let the side length of the cube be x cm.

Then 6  (x)2 = 216

x2=

x 2 = 36
x=6
∴ Volume of the cube = (6  6  6)cm3
= 216cm3

Answer: B

12 Total surface area = [2  (3  2.5)2  (4  2.5)]m2

= (1520)m2
= 35m2

Answer: C

13 Volume of the 8 cubes of side length 2 cm = 8  (2  2 

2)cm3
= 64cm3
Let the side length of the large cube be xcm.
Then x3 = 64
x=4
∴ The side length of the large cube is 4 cm.

Answer: B

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14 Length = 0.35m = 35cm

Width = 200mm = 20cm
Let the height of the cuboid be x cm。
Then 35  20  x = 37800

x=

= 54
∴ The height of the cuboid is 54cm.

Answer: C

15 300L = (300  1000)cm3 = 300000cm3

Base area of the tank = (80  50)cm2
= 4000cm2
Let the height of the water level be xcm.
Then 4000x = 300000

x=

= 75

Answer: D

16 Thickness of the book = 2cm

Thickness of each sheet of paper = 1mm = 0.1cm

Number of sheets of paper = = 20

∴ The book has 20 pages.

Answer: C

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17 Area of the grass region

= Area of the field – Area of the swimming pool – Area of the
four paths
= {(64  40)(24  16)[3  (6424)][3 
(4016)]}m2
= [2560384(3  40)(3  24)]m2
= (256038412072)m2
= 1984m2

Answer: D

18 The volume of each container = (5  5  5) m3

= 125m3
The number of containers that the warehouse can accommodate

= =4

∴ The warehouse can accommodate 4 containers.

Answer: B

19 Capacity of the box = [(4022)  (2022) 

(1022)]cm3
= (36  16  6)cm3
= 3456cm3

Answer: A

20 2  (x2)2  x = 100
2 x42 x = 100
4 x4 = 100
4 x = 96

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x=

= 24
Answer: A

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