Applications of Area and Perimeter in Real Life

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Applications of Area and Perimeter in Real Life: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Finding Area of Pathways in or around Rectangular Plot and Solving Word Problems on Perimeter / Area of Rectangles and Squares

Important Questions on Applications of Area and Perimeter in Real Life

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A path of 1 m wide runs around and inside a rectangular garden of length 40 m and width 20 m. Find the cost of levelling the path at the rate of Rs. 3.75 per square metre.  (in Rs.)

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The length and breadth of a rectangular filed are 10 m and 8 m, respectively. Two rectangular paths each 3 m wide run inside the plot, one along the length and the other along the breadth. Find the total area occupied by the paths.

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A path of 3 m wide runs around and outside a rectangular playground of length 15 m and width 10 m. Find the area of the path. (in m2)

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The length and breadth of a rectangular field are 4 m and 3 m respectively. The field is divided into two parts by fencing it diagonally. Find the cost of fencing at Rs. 10 per metre.

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The hospital is on a rectangular land with a boundary wall all around. Leaving the boundary wall, the length of the land is 70 m and its breadth is 60 m. If  two paths pass through the middle of the rectangular plot of land of hospital (the figure is shown in the image below), the total area of two paths is

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In the figure given below, find the area (in sq.cm.) of the coloured portion:

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In the figure given below, the area of the shaded portion is

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David drawn the picture given below. Find the area of the black coloured roads(in sq.cm).

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A picture is painted on a cardboard 8 cm long and 5 cm wide such that there is a margin of 1.5 cm along each of its sides. Find k, if the total area of the margin is k cm2.

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A slate is 35 cm long and 20 cm wide. It is surrounded by a wooden frame of width 2.5 cm all around. The area of the wooden frame is K cm2, find the value of K.

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A rectangular garden 10 m by 16 m is to be surrounded by a concrete walk of uniform width. Given that the area of walk is 120 sq m. assuming the width of the walk to be x, form an equation in x and solve it to find the value of x.

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A path 1 m wide is built along the border and inside a square garden of side 30 m. If area of the path is k m2then, find the value of k.

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A paddy field is in a square shape and has side length equal to 45 m. Babu Ram hires a labour to harves t the paddy from the field. The labour says that he will charge 15 per sq.m. Being uneducated he demands 25,000 for the whole work. Babu Ram calculates the actual amount to be paid to the labour and gives that amount to labour. What is the actual amount to be paid? What value of Babu Ram is depicted here?

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A lane 150 m long and 5 m wide is to be paved with tiles of length 20 cm and breadth 15 cm. If the cost of the tiles is 750 per 1000 tiles, find the total cost of the tiles required.

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A square lawn with side 30 m is surrounded externally by a path which is 2 m wide. Find the area of the path and calculate the cost of levelling the path at  2.50 per m2.

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A rectangular floor of length 9 m and breadth 6 m has black tiles laid in the given pattern. Find the number of tiles laid, if each tile has dimensions 40 cm×10 cm.

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A playground is 750 m long and 250 m broad. Find the cost of levelling at 16 per 100 sq.m.

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A room is 10.2 m long, 8.5 m wide and 4.6 m high. It has a door measuring 1.5 m×2.6 m and a window measuring 2 m×1.7 m. Find the cost of tiling the walls at the rate of 13.50 per sq.m

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A room is 20m long and 15m broad. It has to be carpeted after leaving a margin of 2m all around it. Find the area of the carpet required and the cost of carpeting it at 800 per m2.

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A room is 6 m long and 5 m wide. It has a 50 cm wide verandah all around it. Calculate the area of the verandah.