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Solutions:
(a)
Perimeter = Sum of all the sides
= 1 + 2 + 4 + 5
= 12 cm
(b)
Perimeter = Sum of all the sides
= 23 + 35 + 35 + 40
= 133 cm
(c)
Perimeter = Sum of all the sides
= 15 + 15 + 15 + 15
= 60 cm
(d)
Perimeter = Sum of all the sides
= 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4
=20 cm
(e)
Perimeter = Sum of all the sides
= 1 + 4 + 0.5 + 2.5 + 2.5 + 0.5 + 4
= 15 cm
(f)
Perimeter = Sum of all the sides
= 4 + 1 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 3 + 2 + 3
= 52 cm
2. The lid of a rectangular box, with sides 40 cm by 10 cm, is sealed all around with tape. What is the length of the tape required?
Solutions:
Length of required tape = Perimeter of rectangle
= 2 (Length + Breadth)
= 2 (40 + 10)
= 2 (50)
= 100 cm
∴ The required length of tape is 100 cm.
3. A table top measures 2 m 25 cm by 1 m 50 cm. What is the perimeter of the tabletop?
Solutions:
Length of tabletop = 2 m 25 cm = 2.25 m
Breadth of tabletop = 1 m 50 cm = 1.50 m
Perimeter of tabletop = 2 (Length + Breadth)
= 2 (2.25 + 1.50)
= 2 (3.75)
= 2 × 3.75
= 7.5 m
∴ The perimeter of the table top is 7.5 m.
4. What is the length of the wooden strip required to frame a photograph of length and breadth, 32 cm and 21 cm, respectively?
Solutions:
The required length of the wooden strip = Perimeter of the photograph
= 2 (Length + Breadth)
= 2 (32 + 21)
= 2 (53)
= 2 × 53
= 106 cm
∴ The required length of the wooden strip is 106 cm.
5. A rectangular piece of land measures 0.7 km by 0.5 km. Each side is to be fenced with 4 rows of wires. What is the length of the wire needed?
Solutions:
Perimeter of the field = 2 (Length + Breadth)
= 2 (0.7 + 0.5)
= 2 (1.2)
= 2 × 1.2
= 2.4 km
Each side is to be fenced with 4 rows = 4 × 2.4
= 9.6 km
∴ The total length of the required wire is 9.6 km.
6. Find the perimeter of each of the following shapes:
(a) A triangle of sides 3 cm, 4 cm and 5 cm
(b) An equilateral triangle of side 9 cm
(c) An isosceles triangle with equal sides of 8 cm each and the third side of 6 cm.
Solutions:
(a)
Perimeter of triangle = 3 + 4 + 5
= 12 cm
(b)
Perimeter of an equilateral triangle = 3 × side
= 3 × 9
= 27 cm
(c)
Perimeter of isosceles triangle = 8 + 8 + 6
= 22 cm
7. Find the perimeter of a triangle with sides measuring 10 cm, 14 cm and 15 cm.
Solutions:
Perimeter of triangle = 10 + 14 + 15
= 39 cm
∴ The perimeter of the triangle is 39 cm.
8. Find the perimeter of a regular hexagon with each side measuring 8 m.
Solutions:
Perimeter of hexagon = 6 × 8
= 48 m
∴ The perimeter of the regular hexagon is 48 m.
9. Find the side of the square whose perimeter is 20 m.
Solutions:
Perimeter of square = 4 × side
20 = 4 × side
Side = 20 / 4
Side = 5 m
∴ The side of the square is 5 m.
10. The perimeter of a regular pentagon is 100 cm. How long is its each side?
Solutions:
The perimeter of the regular pentagon = 100 cm
5 × side = 100 cm
Side = 100 / 5
Side = 20 cm
∴ The side of the pentagon is 20 cm.
11. A piece of string is 30 cm long. What will be the length of each side if the string is used to form:
(a) a square?
(b) an equilateral triangle?
(c) a regular hexagon?
Solutions:
(a)
Perimeter of square = 30 cm
4 × side = 30
Side = 30 / 4
Side = 7.5 cm
(b)
Perimeter of equilateral triangle = 30 cm
3 × side = 30
Side = 30 / 3
Side = 10 cm
(c)
Perimeter of regular hexagon = 30 cm
6 × side = 30
Side = 30 / 6
Side = 5 cm
12. Two sides of a triangle are 12 cm and 14 cm. The perimeter of the triangle is 36 cm. What is its third side?
Solutions:
Let x cm be the third side
Perimeter of triangle = 36 cm
12 + 14 + x = 36
26 + x = 36
x = 36 – 26
x = 10 cm
∴ The third side is 10 cm.
13. Find the cost of fencing a square park of side 250 m at the rate of ₹ 20 per metre.
Solutions:
Side of square = 250 m
Perimeter of square = 4 × side
= 4 × 250
= 1000 m
Cost of fencing = ₹ 20 per m
Cost of fencing for 1000 m = ₹ 20 × 1000
= ₹ 20,000
∴ The cost of fencing the square park is ₹ 20,000.
14. Find the cost of fencing a rectangular park of length 175 cm and breadth 125 m at the rate of ₹ 12 per metre.
Solutions:
Length = 175 cm
Breadth = 125 m
Perimeter of rectangular park = 2 (Length + Breadth)
= 2 (175 + 125)
= 2 (300)
= 2 × 300
= 600 m
Cost of fencing = 12 × 600
= 7200
∴ The cost of fencing is ₹ 7,200.
15. Sweety runs around a square park of side 75 m. Bulbul runs around a rectangular park with a length of 60 m and a breadth of 45 m. Who covers less distance?
Solutions:
Perimeter of square = 4 × side
= 4 × 75
= 300 m
∴ The distance covered by Sweety is 300 m
Perimeter of the rectangular park = 2 (Length + Breadth)
= 2 (60 + 45)
= 2 (105)
= 2
×
105
= 210 m
∴ The distance covered by Bulbul is 210 m
Hence, Bulbul covers less distance than Sweety.
16. What is the perimeter of each of the following figures? What do you infer from the answers?
Solutions:
(a)
Perimeter of square = 4 × side
= 4 × 25
= 100 cm
(b)
Perimeter of rectangle = 2 (40 + 10)
= 2 × 50
= 100 cm
(c)
Perimeter of rectangle = 2 (Length + Breadth)
= 2 (30 + 20)
= 2 (50)
= 2 × 50
= 100 cm
(d)
Perimeter of triangle = 30 + 30 + 40
= 100 cm
∴ All the figures have the same perimeter.
17. Avneet buys 9 square paving slabs, each with a side of 1 / 2 m. He lays them in the form of a square.
(a) What is the perimeter of his arrangement [fig 10.7(i)]?
(b) Shari does not like his arrangement. She gets him to lay them out like a cross. What is the perimeter of her arrangement [(Fig 10.7 (ii)]?
(c) Which has a greater perimeter?
(d) Avneet wonders if there is a way of getting an even greater perimeter. Can you find a way of doing this? (The paving slabs must meet along complete edges, i.e. they cannot be broken.)
Solutions:
(a)
Side of square = 3 × side
= 3 × 1 / 2
= 3 / 2 m
Perimeter of Square = 4 × 3 / 2
= 2 × 3
= 6 m
(b)
Perimeter = 0.5 + 1 + 1 + 0.5 + 1 + 1 + 0.5 + 1 + 1 + 0.5 + 1 + 1
= 10 m
(c)
The arrangement in the form of a cross has a greater perimeter.
(d)
Perimeters greater than 10 m cannot be determined.
Exercise 10.2 Page No. 216
1. Find the areas of the following figures by counting squares:
(a)
The figure contains only 9 fully filled squares. Hence, the area of this figure will be 9 square units.
(b)
The figure contains only 5 fully filled squares. Hence, the area of this figure will be 5 square units.
(c)
The figure contains 2 fully filled squares and 4 half filled squares. Hence, the area of this figure will be 4 square units.
(d)
The figure contains only 8 fully filled squares. Hence, the area of this figure will be 8 square units.
(e)
The figure contains only 10 fully filled squares. Hence, the area of this figure will be 10 square units.
(f)
The figure contains only 2 fully filled squares and 4 half filled squares. Hence, the area of this figure will be 4 square units.
(g)
The figure contains 4 fully filled squares and 4 half filled squares. Hence, the area of this figure will be 6 square units.
(h)
The figure contains 5 fully filled squares. Hence, the area of this figure will be 5 square units.
(i)
The figure contains 9 fully filled squares. Hence, the area of this figure will be 9 square units.
(j)
The figure contains 2 fully filled squares and 4 half filled squares. Hence, the area of this figure will be 4 square units.
(k)
The figure contains 4 fully filled squares and 2 half filled squares. Hence, the area of this figure will be 5 square units.
(l)
From the given figure, we observe
| Covered Area | Number | Area Estimate (square units) |
| Fully filled squares | 2 | 2 |
| Half filled squares | – | – |
| More than half filled squares | 6 | 6 |
| Less than half filled squares | 6 | 0 |
| Covered Area | Number | Area Estimate (square units) |
| Fully filled squares | 5 | 5 |
| Half filled squares | – | – |
| More than half filled squares | 9 | 9 |
| Less than half filled squares | 12 | 0 |
| Covered Area | Number | Area estimate (square units) |
| Fully filled squares | 8 | 8 |
| Half filled squares | – | – |
| More than half filled squares | 10 | 10 |
| Less than half filled squares | 9 | 0 |
CBSE Board Exam Centre List 2024
Exercise 10.3 Page No. 219 1. Find the area of the rectangles whose sides are: (a) 3 cm and 4 cm (b) 12 m and 21 m (c) 2 km and 3 km (d) 2 m and 70 cm Solutions: We know that Area of rectangle = Length × Breadth (a) l = 3 cm and b = 4 cm Area = l × b = 3 × 4 = 12 cm 2 (b) l = 12 m and b = 21 m Area = l × b = 12 × 21 = 252 m 2 (c) l = 2 km and b = 3 km Area = l × b = 2 × 3 = 6 km 2 (d) l = 2 m and b = 70 cm = 0.70 m Area = l × b = 2 × 0.70 = 1.40 m 2 2. Find the areas of the squares whose sides are: (a) 10 cm (b) 14 cm (c) 5 m Solutions: (a) Area of square = side 2 = 10 2 = 100 cm 2 (b) Area of square = side 2 = 14 2 = 196 cm 2 (c) Area of square = side 2 = 5 2 =25 cm 2 3. The length and breadth of the three rectangles are as given below: (a) 9 m and 6 m (b) 17 m and 3 m (c) 4 m and 14 m Which one has the largest area, and which one has the smallest? Solutions: (a) Area of rectangle = l × b = 9 × 6 = 54 m 2 (b) Area of rectangle = l × b = 17 × 3 = 51 m 2 (c) Area of rectangle = l × b = 4 × 14 = 56 m 2 The area of rectangle 56 m 2 , i.e. (c), is the largest area and the area of rectangle 51 m 2 , i.e. (b), is the smallest area 4. The area of a rectangular garden 50 m long is 300 sq. m. Find the width of the garden. Solutions: Area of rectangle = length × width 300 = 50 × width width = 300 / 50 width = 6 m ∴ The width of the garden is 6 m. 5. 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? Solutions: Area of land = length × breadth = 500 × 200 = 1,00,000 m 2 ∴ Cost of tiling 1,00,000 sq. m of land = (8 × 1,00,000) / 100 = ₹ 8000 ∴ The cost of tiling a rectangular plot of land is ₹ 8000.| CBSE Syllabus Class 6 | |
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Solutions:
(a)
Area of yellow region = 3 × 3
= 9 cm
2
Area of orange region = 1× 2
= 2 cm
2
Area of grey region = 3 × 3
= 9 cm
2
Area of brown region = 2 × 4
= 8 cm
2
Total area = 9 + 2 + 9 + 8
= 28 cm
2
∴ The total area is 28 cm
2
.
(b)
Area of brown region = 3 × 1
= 3 cm
2
Area of orange region = 3 × 1
= 3 cm
2
Area of grey region = 3 × 1
= 3 cm
2
Total area = 3 + 3 + 3
= 9 cm
2
∴ The total area is 9 cm
2
.
