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Level A
1. Find the area of the rectangle.
A)
B)
C)
D)
8 cm²
8 cm
4 cm²
4
2. Find the area of the rectangle.
A)
B)
C)
D)
18 cm
18
18 cm²
18 m²
3. Find the area of the rectangle.
A)
B)
C)
D)
36 cm²
40 cm
40 cm²
36 cm
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4. Find the area of the rectangle.
A)
B)
C)
D)
5 cm²
6 cm²
5 cm
6 m²
5. Find the area of the rectangle.
A)
B)
C)
D)
6 cm
6 mm²
6 m²
6 cm²
6. Find the area of the rectangle.
A)
B)
C)
D)
6 cm²
8 cm²
8 m²
8 cm
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7. Find the area of the rectangle.
A)
B)
C)
D)
48 m
16 m
48 m²
48 mm²
8. Find the area of the rectangle.
A)
B)
C)
D)
50 m
50 m²
252 m²
27 m²
9. Find the area of the rectangle.
A)
B)
C)
D)
66 cm²
66 cm
66 mm
66 mm²
10. Find the area of the rectangle.
A)
B)
C)
D)
500 m²
60 cm²
500 cm²
5 m²
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Level B
1. Find the area of the sign.
A)
B)
C)
D)
117 cm
22 cm²
117 cm²
117 m²
2. Find the area of the rectangle.
A)
B)
C)
D)
150 m²
53 m
53 m²
150 m
3. What is the area of the picture and frame?
A)
B)
C)
D)
1 750 cm
85 cm²
150 m²
1 750 cm²
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4. Find the area of the rectangle.
A)
B)
C)
D)
62 km²
600 km²
600 m²
600 km
5. You want to buy some new curtains, find the area of the window.
A)
B)
C)
D)
4 000 cm
2 000 cm²
4 000 cm²
2 000 cm
6. Find the area of the rectangle.
A)
B)
C)
D)
24 m
24 m²
24 cm²
48 cm²
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7. Find the area of the rectangle.
A)
B)
C)
D)
10 cm²
1 cm²
100 cm²
10 m²
8. Find the area of the rectangle.
A)
B)
C)
D)
62.5 m
625 m²
62.5 m²
6.25 m²
9. Find the area of the rectangle.
A)
B)
C)
D)
250 cm²
35 cm²
25 cm²
250 mm²
10. Find the area of the rectangle.
A)
B)
C)
D)
3 250 cm²
325 cm²
3 250 cm
325 cm
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Level C
1. Find the area of the rectangle.
A)
B)
C)
D)
40 mm
30 mm²
40 mm²
38 mm
2. What’s the area of the mat?
A)
B)
C)
D)
55 cm²
1 125 m²
70 m²
1 125 cm²
3. Find the area of the rectangle.
A)
B)
C)
D)
234 m²
108 m²
2 340 m
2 340 m²
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4. You need to measure your window to fit some curtains, what is its area?
A)
B)
C)
D)
100 cm²
2.5 m²
1 m²
100 m²
5. Find the area of the rectangle.
A)
B)
C)
D)
180 m²
60 m²
27 m²
180 m
6. Find the area of the rectangle.
A)
B)
C)
D)
55 cm²
750 m²
750 cm²
750 cm
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7. Find the area of the rectangle.
A)
B)
C)
D)
37 cm²
300 mm²
30 cm²
300 cm²
8. What’s the area of the front door?
A)
B)
C)
D)
160 m²
82 m²
1.6 m²
1.6
9. Find the area of the two rectangles
A)
B)
C)
D)
450 m
925 m²
62 m²
450 m²
10. Find the area of the two rectangles
A)
B)
C)
D)
97 mm²
372 mm²
21 600 mm²
102 mm²
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Answers
Level A
1. Find the area of the rectangle.
The correct answer is: A. 8 cm². There are 8 squares, so the answer is 8 cm².
2. Find the area of the rectangle.
The correct answer is: C. 18 cm². There are 18 squares, so the answer is 18 cm².
3. Find the area of the rectangle.
The correct answer is: A. 36 cm². The area of this rectangle is 36 cm².
4. Find the area of the rectangle.
The correct answer is: A. 5 cm². The length × width is 5 cm × 1 cm which equals 5 cm².
5. Find the area of the rectangle.
The correct answer is: D. 6 cm². The length × width is 3 cm × 2 cm = 6 cm².
6. Find the area of the rectangle.
The correct answer is: B. 8cm². The length × width is 2 cm × 4 cm which equals 8cm².
7. Find the area of the rectangle.
The correct answer is: C. 48 m². The area of the rectangle is 12 m × 4 m = 48 m².
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8. Find the area of the rectangle.
The correct answer is: B. 50 m². The area of the rectangle is 25 m × 2 m = 50 m².
9. Find the area of the rectangle.
The correct answer is: D. 66 mm². The area of this rectangle is 22 mm × 3 mm = 66 mm².
10. Find the area of the rectangle.
The correct answer is: C. 500 cm². The area of this rectangle is 10 cm × 50 cm = 500 cm².
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Level B
1. Find the area of the sign.
The correct answer is: C. 117 cm².
The sign is a rectangle, the area of it is 13 cm × 9 cm = 117 cm².
2. Find the area of the rectangle.
The correct answer is: A. 150 m². The area of this rectangle is 50 m × 3 m = 150 m².
3. What is the area of the picture and frame?
The correct answer is: D. 1 750 cm². The picture is a rectangle. The area of this rectangle is
50 cm × 35 cm = 1 750 cm².
4. Find the area of the rectangle.
The correct answer is: B. 600 km². The area of this rectangle is 50 km × 12 km = 600 km².
5. You want to buy some new curtains, find the area of the window.
The correct answer is: C. 4 000 cm². The area of this rectangle is 80 cm × 50 cm = 4 000 cm².
6. Find the area of the rectangle.
The correct answer is: B. 24 m². The area of this rectangle is 12 m × 2 m = 24 m².
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7. Find the area of the rectangle.
The correct answer is: A. 10 cm². To work out the area of a rectangle you multiply the length
by the width. First make sure they are the same units.
For this rectangle 50 mm = 5 cm. The area is 5 cm × 2 cm = 10 cm².
8. Find the area of the rectangle.
The correct answer is: C. 62.5 m². The area of this rectangle is 125 m × 0.5 m = 62.5 m².
9. Find the area of the rectangle.
The correct answer is: C. 25 cm². This rectangle is measured in cm and mm so you have to
pick one unit before you calculate the area.
25 mm = 2.5 cm. The area of this rectangle is 10 cm × 2.5 cm = 25 cm².
10. Find the area of the rectangle.
The correct answer is: B. 325 cm². This rectangle is measured in mm and cm. When you
calculate area the width and length must be in the same units.
650 mm = 65 cm. The area of this rectangle is 65 cm × 5 cm = 325 cm².
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Level C
1. Find the area of the rectangle.
The correct answer is: C. 40 mm². The area of this rectangle is 10 mm × 4 mm = 40 mm².
2. What’s the area of the mat?
The correct answer is: D. 1 125 cm². The area of the rectangle is 45 cm × 25 cm = 1 125 cm².
3. Find the area of the rectangle.
The correct answer is: D. 2 340 m². The area of the rectangle is 78 m × 30 m = 2 340 m².
4. You need to measure your window to fit some curtains, what is its area?
The correct answer is: C. 1 m² The window is a rectangle, to work out the area of a rectangle
you multiply the length by the width.
For this rectangle 0.5 m × 2 m = 1 m².
5. Find the area of the rectangle.
The correct answer is: A. 180 m². The area of the rectangle is 12 m × 15 m which equals 180
m².
6. Find the area of the rectangle.
The correct answer is: B. 750 m². The area of this rectangle is 25 m × 30 m = 750 m².
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7. Find the area of the rectangle.
The correct answer is: C. 30 cm². This rectangle is measured in cm and mm. When you
calculate area the width and length must be in the same units.
12 mm = 1.2 cm. The area of this rectangle is 25 cm × 1.2 cm = 30 cm².
8. What’s the area of the front door?
The correct answer is: C. 1.6 m². This door is a rectangle which is measured in m and cm.
Before you work out the area you have to make sure they are the same units.
80 cm = 0.8 m. The area of this rectangle is 0.8 m × 2 m = 1.6 m².
9. Find the area of the two rectangles
The correct answer is: D. 450 m². You have to work out the areas of both rectangles and add
them together. Multiply the length by the width of each rectangle.
For the first multiply 10 m by 15 m = 150 m².
For the second multiply 25 m by 12 m = 300 m².
Then you add the totals = 450
10. Find the area of the two rectangles
The correct answer is: B. 372 mm². You need to work out the area of each rectangle and then
add them together.
The area of the first rectangle is 12 mm × 6 mm = 72 mm².
The second rectangle is 75 mm × 4 mm = 300 mm².
Area of the two rectangles is 72 mm² + 300 mm² = 372 mm².
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