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Grade 2 · Foundation · free GCSE maths worksheet

Area of rectangles

Counting squares and length times width.

13 original questions, 37 marks. Print the worksheet, mark it with the answers sheet, and use the solutions to see every step written out by hand.

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The questions

1

A rectangle has length 9 cm and width 4 cm.

  1. Work out the area of the rectangle.
  2. Work out the perimeter of the rectangle.
2 marks
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a) 36 cm2 b) 26 cm
2

A rectangle has corners at the points (1, 2), (8, 2), (8, 5) and (1, 5). Each unit on the grid is 1 cm.

Work out the area of the rectangle.

2 marks
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21 cm²
3

The rectangle is drawn on a grid of centimetre squares.

Work out the area of the rectangle.

2 marks
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18 cm²
4

A rectangle has area 54 cm² and length 9 cm.

Work out the width of the rectangle.

2 marks
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6 cm
5

Ben wants to work out the perimeter of a square with sides of length 6 cm.

Ben writes:

perimeter = 6 × 6 = 36 cm

Explain the mistake Ben has made.

2 marks
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6 x 6 gives the area of the square, not the perimeter. The perimeter is 4 x 6 = 24 cm.
6

The L-shape is drawn on a grid of centimetre squares.

Work out the area of the L-shape.

3 marks
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18 cm²
7

A rectangular table top is 2 m long and 80 cm wide.

Work out the area of the table top in cm².

2 marks
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16,000 cm²
8

A floor is a rectangle 5 m long and 3.5 m wide. Carpet costs £12 per square metre.

Work out the cost of carpeting the floor.

3 marks
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£210
9

A rectangle has area 48 cm² and length 8 cm.

Work out the perimeter of the rectangle.

3 marks
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28 cm
10

A floor plan is a rectangle 6 m by 4 m. A smaller rectangle 2 m by 3 m is cut out of one corner, leaving an L-shape.

Work out the area of the L-shape.

3 marks
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18 m²
11

Rectangle A has length 12 cm and width 5 cm.

Rectangle B has width 4 cm. The perimeter of rectangle B is equal to the perimeter of rectangle A.

Work out the area of rectangle B.

4 marks
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52 cm²
12

A rectangular patio is 4.5 m long and 3.6 m wide.

The patio is to be covered completely with square paving slabs. Each slab has sides of length 0.9 m and costs £7.25.

Work out the total cost of the slabs needed. You may assume no slabs are cut.

4 marks
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£145
13

Rectangle P has length 20 cm and width x cm.

Square Q has sides of length 8 cm.

The area of rectangle P is twice the area of square Q.

Work out the perimeter of rectangle P.

5 marks
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52.8 cm

Every question here is original and written by Robinson Tuition. The grade follows the Edexcel grade descriptors and suits AQA and OCR too; this is not an exam-board paper.

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