Lesson T4.1.1
T4.1.1 Area of triangles, parallelograms and trapezia Quiz: KS3 Maths, Unit 4
20 questions
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The 20 questions
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A triangle has a base of 8 cm and a height of 5 cm. What is its area?
- 20 cm²
- 13 cm²
- 10 cm²
- 40 cm²
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A parallelogram has a base of 6 cm and a perpendicular height of 4 cm. What is its area?
- 20 cm²
- 10 cm²
- 24 cm²
- 12 cm²
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A trapezium has parallel sides of 5 cm and 9 cm and a height of 4 cm. What is its area?
- 18 cm²
- 14 cm²
- 28 cm²
- 56 cm²
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Which formula gives the area of a triangle?
- ½ × (a + b) × h
- base + height
- base × height
- ½ × base × height
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Which formula gives the area of a trapezium with parallel sides a and b and height h?
- ½ × (a + b) × h
- (a + b) × h
- a × b × h
- ½ × a × b × h
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A parallelogram has a base of 10 cm and a slanted side of 6 cm. Its perpendicular height is 4 cm. What is its area?
- 40 cm²
- 60 cm²
- 20 cm²
- 32 cm²
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A triangle has a base of 7 cm and a height of 3 cm. What is its area?
- 7 cm²
- 10.5 cm²
- 5 cm²
- 21 cm²
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A triangular sail has a base of 4 m and a height of 6 m. What is its area?
- 12 m²
- 6 m²
- 10 m²
- 24 m²
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A triangle has an area of 30 cm² and a base of 12 cm. What is its height?
- 5 cm
- 60 cm
- 2.5 cm
- 15 cm
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A parallelogram has an area of 48 cm² and a base of 8 cm. What is its height?
- 384 cm
- 12 cm
- 6 cm
- 40 cm
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A trapezium has an area of 40 cm², parallel sides of 6 cm and 4 cm, and a height of h cm. What is h?
- 8 cm
- 5 cm
- 10 cm
- 20 cm
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A triangle has vertices at (0, 0), (6, 0) and (2, 4). What is its area?
- 10 square units
- 24 square units
- 12 square units
- 6 square units
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A triangle has a base of 50 mm and a height of 40 mm. What is its area in cm²?
- 1000 cm²
- 10 cm²
- 100 cm²
- 20 cm²
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Why is the area of a triangle half of a rectangle with the same base and height?
- A triangle has half the number of sides of a rectangle, so half the area
- A triangle is half of a rectangle with the same base and height
- A triangle always contains two right angles, which halves the total
- A triangle has three equal sides and three equal angles in every case
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A trapezium has parallel sides of 3 cm and 7 cm and a height of 6 cm. What is its area?
- 15 cm²
- 21 cm²
- 30 cm²
- 60 cm²
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A parallelogram has an area of 15 cm² and a height of 3 cm. What is its base?
- 45 cm
- 18 cm
- 2.5 cm
- 5 cm
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A triangle has a base of 9 cm and a height of 4.5 cm. What is its area?
- 40.5 cm²
- 13.5 cm²
- 18 cm²
- 20.25 cm²
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A trapezium has parallel sides of 10 cm and 14 cm and a height of 5 cm. What is its area?
- 120 cm²
- 60 cm²
- 30 cm²
- 24 cm²
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A triangle and a parallelogram have the same base of 10 cm and the same height of 4 cm. What is the ratio of the triangle's area to the parallelogram's area?
- 1 : 4
- 2 : 1
- 1 : 1
- 1 : 2
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A triangle has vertices (1, 1), (7, 1) and (4, 5). What is its area?
- 6 square units
- 10 square units
- 12 square units
- 24 square units
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