6 PERIMETER AND AREA

6.1 Perimeter
Do you remember what the perimeter of a closed plane figure is?
Let us refresh our understanding!
The perimeter of any closed plane figure is the distance covered
along its boundary when you go around it once. For a polygon, i.e.,
a closed plane figure made up of line segments, the perimeter is
simply the sum of the lengths of its all sides, i.e., the total distance
along its outer boundary.
The perimeter of a polygon = the sum of the lengths of its all sides.
Let us revise the formulas for the perimeter of rectangles, squares,
and triangles.

Perimeter of a rectangle
Consider a rectangle ABCD whose length and breadth are 12 cm and
8 cm, respectively. What is its perimeter?
Perimeter of the rectangle = Sum of the lengths of its four sides
= AB + BC + CD + DA
A 12 cm B
8 cm

D C

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= AB + BC + AB + BC
Opposite sides of a
= 2 × AB + 2 × BC rectangle are always
= 2 × (AB + BC) equal. So, AB = CD and
= 2 × (12 cm + 8 cm) AD = BC
= 2 × (20 cm)
= 40 cm.
From this example, we see that —
Perimeter of a rectangle = length + breadth + length + breadth.
Perimeter of a rectangle = 2 × (length + breadth).
The perimeter of a rectangle is twice the sum of its length and breadth.
1m
Perimeter of a square
Debojeet wants to put coloured tape all around
a square photo frame of side 1m as shown.
What will be the length of the coloured tape
he requires? Since Debojeet wants to put the
coloured tape all around the square photo
frame, he needs to find the perimeter of the
photo frame.
Thus, the length of the tape required =
perimeter of the square
= sum of the lengths of all four sides of the square
= 1 m + 1 m + 1 m + 1 m = 4 m.
Now, we know that all four sides of a square are equal in length.
Therefore, in place of adding the lengths of each side, we can simply
multiply the length of one side by 4.
Thus, the length of the tape required = 4 × 1 m = 4 m.
From this example, we see that
Perimeter of a square = 4 × length of a side.
The perimeter of a square is quadruple the length of its side.

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Perimeter of a triangle
Consider a triangle having three given sides of m
5c

4
lengths 4 cm, 5 cm and 7 cm. Find its perimeter.

cm
Perimeter of the triangle = 4 cm + 5 cm + 7 cm
= 16 cm. 7 cm

Perimeter of a triangle = sum of the lengths of its three sides.

Example: Akshi wants to put lace all around a

rectangular tablecloth that is 3 m long and 2 m
wide. Find the length of the lace required.

Solution
Length of the rectangular table cover = 3 m.
Breadth of the rectangular table cover = 2 m.
Akshi wants to put lace all around the
tablecloth.
Therefore, the length of the lace required will be the perimeter of the
rectangular tablecloth.
Now, the perimeter of the rectangular tablecloth = 2 × (length + breadth)
= 2 × (3 m + 2 m)
= 2 × 5 m = 10 m.
Hence, the length of the lace required is 10 m.

Example: Find the distance travelled by Usha if she takes three rounds of
a square park of side 75 m.

Solution
Perimeter of the square park = 4 × length
of a side = 4 × 75 m = 300 m.
Distance covered by Usha in one
round = 300 m.
Therefore, the total distance travelled by
Usha in three rounds = 3 × 300 m = 900 m.

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Figure it Out
1. Find the missing terms:
a. Perimeter of a rectangle = 14 cm; breadth = 2 cm; length = ?.
b. Perimeter of a square = 20 cm; side of a length = ?.
c. Perimeter of a rectangle = 12 m; length = 3 m; breadth = ?.
2.  rectangle having sidelengths 5 cm and 3 cm is made using a
A
piece of wire. If the wire is straightened and then bent to form a
square, what will be the length of a side of the square?
3.  ind the length of the third side of a triangle having a perimeter
F
of 55 cm and having two sides of length 20 cm and 14 cm,
respectively.
4.  hat would be the cost of fencing a rectangular park whose length
W
is 150 m and breadth is 120 m, if the fence costs `40 per metre?
5.  piece of string is 36 cm long. What will be the length of each
A
side, if it is used to form:
a. A square,
b. A triangle with all sides of equal length, and
c. A hexagon (a six sided closed figure) with sides of equal
length?
6. A farmer has a rectangular field having length 230 m and breadth
160 m. He wants to fence it with 3 rounds of rope as shown. What
is the total length of rope needed?

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Matha Pachchi!

70 m

60 m

Akshi and Toshi start running along the rectangular

40 m

tracks as shown in the figure. Akshi runs along the

30 m

outer track and completes 5 rounds. Toshi runs along

the inner track and completes 7 rounds. Now, they
are wondering who ran more. Find out who ran the
longer distance.

Starting Point Starting Point

for Toshi for Akshi

Each track is a rectangle. Akshi’s track has length 70 m and breadth

40 m. Running one complete round on this track would cover 220 m,
i.e., 2 × (70 + 40) m = 220 m. This is the distance covered by Akshi in
one round.

Figure it Out
1. Find out the total distance Akshi has covered in 5 rounds.
2. Find out the total distance Toshi has covered in 7 rounds. Who ran
a longer distance?
3. Think and mark the positions as directed—
a. Mark ‘A’ at the point where Akshi will be after she ran 250 m.
b. Mark ‘B’ at the point where Akshi will be after she ran 500 m.
c.  ow, Akshi ran 1000 m. How many full rounds has she finished
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running around her track? Mark her position as ‘C’.
d. Mark ‘X’ at the point where Toshi will be after she ran 250 m.
e. Mark ‘Y’ at the point where Toshi will be after she ran 500 m.

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f. Now, Toshi ran 1000 m. How many full rounds has she finished
running around her track? Mark her position as ‘Z’.
 Deep Dive: In races, usually there is a common finish line for all
the runners. Here are two square running tracks with the inner track
of 100 m each side and outer track of 150 m each side. The common
finishing line for both runners is shown by 150 m
the flags in the figure which are in the center
of one of the sides of the tracks.
100 m
 If the total race is of 350 m, then we have
to find out where the starting positions of the
two runners should be on these two tracks so
that they both have a common finishing line
after they run for 350 m. Mark the starting
points of the runner on the inner track as ‘A’ Common Finishing Line
and the runner on the outer track as ‘B’.

Estimate and Verify

Take a rough sheet of paper or a sheet of newspaper.
Make a few random shapes by cutting the paper
in different ways. Estimate the total length of the
boundaries of each shape then use a scale or measuring
tape to measure and verify the perimeter for each
shape.

Akshi says that the perimeter of this triangle shape is 9 units.

Toshi says it can’t be 9 units and the perimeter will be more than 9
units. What do you think?

No, it will be more

The perimeter is
than 9 units.
9 units.

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This figure has lines of two different unit lengths. Measure the
lengths of a red line and a blue line; are they same? We will call the
red lines — straight lines and the blue lines — diagonal lines. So, the
perimeter of this triangle is 6 straight units + 3 diagonal units. We
can write this in a short form as: 6s + 3d units.
Write the perimeters of the figures below in terms of straight and
diagonal units.

Perimeter of a regular polygon

Like squares, closed figures that have all sides and all angles equal
are called regular polygons. We studied the sequence of regular
polygons as ‘Shape Sequence’ #1 in Chapter 1. Examples of regular
polygons are the equilateral triangle (where all three sides and all
three angles are equal), regular pentagon (where all five sides and
all five angles are equal), etc.
Perimeter of an equilateral triangle
We know that for any triangle its perimeter A
is sum of all three sides.
Using this understanding, we can find the
perimeter of an equilateral triangle.
Perimeter of an equilateral triangle
= AB + BC + AC = AB + AB + AB
B C
= 3 times length of one side.
Perimeter of an equilateral triangle = 3 × length of a side.

What is a similarity between a square and an equilateral triangle?

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Find various objects from your surroundings that have regular

shapes and find their perimeters. Also, generalise your understanding
for the perimeter of other regular polygons.

Teacher’s Note
Discuss more about regular polygons and encourage students to
come up with a general formula for the perimeter of a regular
polygon.

Split and rejoin 4 cm

A rectangular paper chit of dimension 6 cm × 4 cm

is cut as shown into two equal pieces. These two
pieces are joined in different ways. 6 cm

a.
6 cm 6 cm

2 cm

For example, the arrangement a. has a perimeter of 28 cm.

Find out the length of the boundary (i.e., the perimeter) of each
of the other arrangements below.

b. c. d.
3 cm

2 cm 2 cm

2 cm

Arrange the two pieces to form a figure with a perimeter of 22 cm.

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6.2 Area
We have studied the areas of closed figures (regular and irregular)
in previous grades. Let us recall some key points.
The amount of region enclosed by a closed figure is called its area.
In previous grades, we arrived at the formula for the area of a
rectangle and a square using square grid paper. Do you remember?

Area of a square = ________ Area of a rectangle = _______

Teacher’s Note
Help students in recalling the method of finding the area of a
rectangle and a square using grid papers. Provide square grid
papers to students and let them come up with the formula.

Let’s see some real-life problems related to these ideas.

Example: A floor is 5 m long and 4 m wide. A square carpet of sides 3 m
is laid on the floor. Find the area of the floor that is not carpeted.
Solution
Length of the floor = 5 m.
Width of the floor = 4 m.
Area of the floor = length × width = 5 m × 4 m = 20 sq m.
Length of the square carpet = 3 m.
Area of the carpet = length × length = 3 m × 3 m = 9 sq m.
Hence, the area of the floor laid with carpet is 9 sq m.
Therefore, the area of the floor that is not carpeted is: area of the floor
minus the area of the floor laid with carpet = 20 sq m – 9 sq m = 11 sq m.

Example: Four square flower beds each of side 4 m are in four corners
on a piece of land 12 m long and 10 m wide. Find the area of the remaining
part of the land.

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Solution
Length of the land (l) = 12 m.
Width of land (w) = 10 m.
Area of the whole land = l × w = 12 m × 10 m = 120 sq m.
The sidelength of each of the four square flower beds is (s) = 4 m.
Area of one flower bed = s × s = 4 m × 4 m = 16 sq m.
Hence, the area of the four flower beds = 4 × 16 sq m = 64 sq m.
Therefore, the area of the remaining part of the land is: area of the complete
land minus the area of all four flower beds = 120 sq m – 64 sq m = 56 sq m.

Figure it Out
1. The area of a rectangular garden 25 m long is 300 sq m. What is
the width of the garden?
2.  hat is the cost of tiling a rectangular plot of land 500 m long and
W
200 m wide at the rate of ` 8 per hundred sq m?
3.  rectangular coconut grove is 100 m long and 50 m wide. If each
A
coconut tree requires 25 sq m, what is the maximum number of
trees that can be planted in this grove?
4.  y splitting the following figures into rectangles, find their areas
B
(all measures are given in metres).

5
a. 3 1 b.
2
2
3 3

2
4
4
3

1 1
3

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Figure it Out
Cut out the tangram pieces given at the end of your textbook.

B
E
D
A
C

G F

1. Explore and figure out how many pieces have the same area.
2.  ow many times bigger is Shape D as compared to Shape C? What
H
is the relationship between Shapes C, D and E?
3.  hich shape has more area: Shape D or F? Give reasons for your
W
answer.
4.  hich shape has more area: Shape F or G? Give reasons for your
W
answer.
5.  hat is the area of Shape A as compared to Shape G? Is it twice as
W
big? Four times as big?
Hint: In the tangram pieces, by placing the shapes over each
other, we can find out that Shapes A and B have the same
area, Shapes C and E have the same area. You would have
also figured out that Shape D can be exactly covered using
Shapes C and E, which means Shape D has twice the area of
Shape C or shape E, etc.
6. Can you now figure out the area of the big square formed with all
seven pieces in terms of the area of Shape C?
7. Arrange these 7 pieces to form a rectangle. What will be the area
of this rectangle in terms of the area of Shape C now? Give reasons
for your answer.
8. Are the perimeters of the square and the rectangle formed from
these 7 pieces different or the same? Give an explanation for your
answer.

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Look at the figures below and guess which one of them has a
larger area.

a. b.

We can estimate the area of any simple closed shape by using a

sheet of squared paper or graph paper where every square measures
1 unit × 1 unit or 1 square unit.
To estimate the area, we can trace the shape onto a piece of
transparent paper and place the same on a piece of squared or graph
paper and then follow the below conventions —
1. The area of one full small square of the squared or graph paper
is taken as 1 sq unit.
2. Ignore portions of the area that are less than half a square.
3. If more than half of a square is in a region, just count it as 1 sq unit.
4. If exactly half the square is counted, take its area as 1 sq unit.
2
 Find the area of the following figures.

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Let’s Explore!
Why is area generally measured
using squares? Why can’t we use
Draw a circle on a graph sheet with circles instead of
squares to find the
diameter (breadth) of length 3. Count
area?
the squares and use them to estimate
the area of the circular region.
As you can see, circles can’t
be packed tightly without gaps in
between. So, it is difficult to get
an accurate measurement of area
using circles as units. Here, the
same rectangle is packed in two
different ways with circles — the
first one has 42 circles and the second one has 44 circles.

Try using different shapes (triangle and rectangle) to fill the

given space (without overlaps and gaps) and find out the merits
associated with using a square shape to find the area rather than
another shape. List out the points that make a square the best shape
to use to measure area.
1. F
 ind the area (in square metres) of the floor outside of the
corridor.
2. F
 ind the area (in square metres) occupied by your school
playground.

Let’s Explore!
On a squared grid paper (1 square = 1 square unit), make
as many rectangles as you can whose lengths and widths are Math
Talk
a whole number of units such that the area of the rectangle is
24 square units.
a. Which rectangle has the greatest perimeter?
b. Which rectangle has the least perimeter?

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c. If you take a rectangle of area 32 sq cm, what will your answers be?
Given any area, is it possible to predict the shape of the rectangle with
the greatest perimeter as well as the least perimeter? Give examples
and reasons for your answer.

6.3 Area of a Triangle

Draw a rectangle on a piece of paper and draw one of its diagonals.
Cut the rectangle along that diagonal and get two triangles.
Check! whether the two triangles overlap each other exactly.
Do they have the same area?
Try this with more rectangles having different dimensions. You
can check this for a square as well.
Can you draw any inferences from this exercise? Please write it
here.

Now, see the figures below. Is the area of the blue rectangle more
or less than the area of the yellow triangle? Or is it the same? Why?

Can you see some relationship between the blue rectangle and
the yellow triangle and their areas? Write the relationship here.

Teacher’s Note
Help students in articulating their inferences and in defining the
relationships they have observed in their own words, gradually
leading to a common statement for whole classroom. Recall the
definition of a diagonal in the classroom.

Draw suitable triangles on grid paper to verify your inferences

and relationships observed in the above exercises.

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Use your understanding from previous D E C

grades to calculate the area of any closed

figure using grid paper and —
1. Find the area of blue triangle BAD.
__________
2. Find the area of red triangle ABE.
___________
A F B
Both the red and
blue triangles have
the same area but
they look very
different.

Area of rectangle ABCD = ________________

So, the area of triangle BAD is half of the area of the rectangle ABCD.

What about There are

triangle two halves of
ABE? two different
rectangles.

Area of triangle ABE = Area of triangle AEF + Area of triangle BEF.

Here, the area of triangle AEF = half of the area of rectangle AFED.
Similarly, the area of triangle BEF = h
 alf of the area of rectangle BFEC.
Thus, the area of triangle ABE =  half of the area of rectangle AFED
+ half of the area of rectangle BFEC

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= half of the sum of the areas of the

rectangles AFED and BFEC
= half of the area of rectangle ABCD.
Conclusion ____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________

Figure it Out
1. Find the areas of the figures below by dividing them into rectangles
and triangles.

c
a

d
e

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Making it ‘More’ or ‘Less’

Observe these two figures. Is there any similarity or difference
between the two?

Using 9 unit squares (having an area of 9 sq units), we have

made figures with two different perimeters—the first figure has a
perimeter of 12 units and the second has a perimeter of 20 units.
Arrange or draw different figures with 9 sq units to get other
perimeters. Each square should align with at least one other square
on at least one side completely and together all squares should form
a single connected figure with no holes.
Using 9 unit squares, solve the following.
1. What is the smallest perimeter possible?
2. What is the largest perimeter possible?
3. Make a figure with a perimeter of 18 units.
4. C
 an you make other shaped figures for each of the above three
perimeters, or is there only one shape with that perimeter?
What is your reasoning?
Let’s do something tricky now! We have a figure below having
perimeter 24 units.
Without calculating all over
again, observe, think and find
out what will be the change in
the perimeter if a new square is
attached as shown on the right.

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Experiment placing this new square at different places and think

what the change in perimeter will be. Can you place the square so
that the perimeter: a) increases; b) decreases; c) stays the same?

Below is the house plan of Charan. It is in a rectangular plot.

Look at the plan. What do you notice?

Utility
(____ ft × ____ ft)
Area = ____

(5ft × 10 ft)
Toilet
Master Bedroom
(15 ft × 15 ft)
Area=225 sq ft Kitchen
(15 ft × 12 ft)
Area = 180 sq ft

30 ft
Small Bedroom
Hall
(15 ft × ____ ft)
Area = 180 sq ft Area = ____

Garden Parking
(____ ft × ____ ft) (____ ft × ____ ft)
Area = ____ Area = ____

Some of the measurements are given.

a. Find the missing measurements.
b. Find out the area of his house.

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Now, find out the missing dimensions and area of Sharan’s home.
Below is the plan:

42 ft

(____ ft × ____ ft)

Area = 70 sq ft
Toilet
Kitchen
(____ ft ×

Utility
(18 ft × 10 ft)
____ ft)
Area = 180 sq ft
Master Bedroom Area =
(12 ft × 15 ft) ____
Area=180 sq ft

(____ ft × ____ ft)

Area = ____
Hall

Entrance
(23 ft × ____ ft)
Small Bedroom Area = ____
(12 ft × 10 ft)
Area = ____

Some of the measurements are given.

a. Find the missing measurements.
b. Find out the area of his house.
What are the dimensions of all the different rooms in Sharan’s
house? Compare the areas and perimeters of Sharan’s house and
Charan’s house.

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Area Maze Puzzles

In each figure, find the missing value of either the length of a side or
the area of a region.

a. b.

3 cm

13 sq cm 26 sq cm
? sq cm
10 sq
cm

3 cm 2 cm

15 sq cm ? sq cm
2 cm 10 sq cm

c. d.

? sq cm ? cm
3 cm

4 cm
15 cm 42 sq cm 6 cm
38 sq cm 5 cm
5 cm

18 sq cm

60 sq cm

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Figure it Out
1. Give the dimensions of a rectangle whose area is the sum of the
areas of these two rectangles having measurements: 5 m × 10 m
and 2 m × 7 m.
2.  he area of a rectangular garden that is 50 m long is 1000 sq m.
T
Find the width of the garden.
3.  he floor of a room is 5 m long and 4 m wide. A square carpet
T
whose sides are 3 m in length is laid on the floor. Find the area
that is not carpeted.
4.  our flower beds having sides 2 m long and 1 m wide are dug at
F
the four corners of a garden that is 15 m long and 12 m wide. How
much area is now available for laying down a lawn?
5.  hape A has an area of 18 square units and Shape B has an area
S
of 20 square units. Shape A has a longer perimeter than Shape B.
Draw two such shapes satisfying the given conditions.
6.  n a page in your book, draw a rectangular border that is 1 cm
O
from the top and bottom and 1.5 cm from the left and right sides.
What is the perimeter of the border?
7.  raw a rectangle of size 12 units × 8 units. Draw another rectangle
D
inside it, without touching the outer rectangle that occupies
exactly half the area.
8.  square piece of paper is folded in half. The square is then cut
A
into two rectangles along the fold. Regardless of the size of the
square, one of the following statements is always true. Which
statement is true here?
a. The area of each rectangle is larger than the area of the square.
b.  he perimeter of the square is greater than the perimeters of
T
both the rectangles added together.
c.  he perimeters of both the rectangles added together is
T
always 11 times the perimeter of the square.
2
d.  he area of the square is always three times as large as the
T
areas of both rectangles added together.

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Summary
 The perimeter of a polygon is the sum of the lengths of all its sides.
a. T
 he perimeter of a rectangle is twice the sum of its length and
width.
b. T
 he perimeter of a square is four times the length of any one of its
sides.
 T he area of a closed figure is the measure of the region enclosed by
the figure.
 Area is generally measured in square units.
 The area of a rectangle is its length times its width. The area of a square
is the length of any one of its sides multiplied by itself.
 Two closed figures can have the same area with different perimeters,
or the same perimeter with different areas.
 Areas of regions can be estimated (or even determined exactly) by
breaking up such regions into unit squares, or into more general-
shaped rectangles and triangles whose areas can be calculated.

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Perimeter and Area

Section 6.1
Page no. 132

Figure it Out
Q.1. Find the missing terms:
a. Perimeter of a rectangle = 14 cm; breadth = 2 cm; length = ?
b. Perimeter of a square = 20 cm; side of a length = ?
c. Perimeter of a rectangle = 12 m; length = 3 m; breadth = ?
Ans. (a) length = 5 cm
(b) length of a side = 5 cm
(c) breadth = 3cm
Q.2. A rectangle having side lengths 5 cm and 3 cm is made using a piece of wire. If the
wire is straightened and then bent to form a square, what will be the length of a side
of the square?
Ans. Length of a side of square = 4 cm
Q.3. Find the length of the third side of a triangle having a perimeter of 55 cm and having
two sides of length 20 cm and 14 cm, respectively?
Ans. Length of the third side of triangle = 21 cm
Q.4. What would be the cost of fencing a rectangular park whose length is 150 m and
breadth is 120 m, if the fence costs Rs.40 per metre?
Ans. P = 2 × (150+120) = 540; So, 540 × 40 = Rs. 21,600
Q.5. A piece of string is 36 cm long. What will be the length of each side, if it is used to
form:
a. A square,
b. A triangle with all sides of equal length, and
c. A hexagon (a six sided closed figure) with sides of equal length?
Ans. (a) Length of each side of square = 9 cm
(b) Length of each side of regular triangle = 12 cm
(c) Length of each side of regular hexagon = 6 cm

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Q.6. A farmer has a rectangular field having length 230 m and breadth 160 m. He wants
to fence it with 3 rounds of rope as shown. What is the total length of rope needed?
Ans. Perimeter of the field = 780 m
Total length of the rope needed = 2340 m

Section 6.1
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Figure it out
Q.1. Find out the total distance Akshi has covered in 5 rounds.
Ans. Perimeter of the outer track = 220 m
Total distance Akshi has covered in 5 rounds = 1100 m
Q.2. Find out the total distance Toshi has covered in 7 rounds. Who ran a longer distance?
Ans. Perimeter of the inner track = 180 m
Total distance Toshi has covered in 7 rounds = 1260 m
Toshi ran longer distance
Deep Dive

Page No. 134

Ans. From point A to flag: 100 + 100 + 100 + 50
= 350 m
From point B to flag: 125 + 150 + 75
= 350 m

Section 6.1
Page no. 134

Q. Akshi says that the perimeter of this triangle shape is 9 units. Toshi says it can’t
be 9 units and the perimeter will be more than 9 units. What do you think?
Ans. The perimeter will be more than 9 units as the length of a diagonal of a square is always
greater than the sides of the square.

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Q. Write the perimeters of the figures below in terms of straight and diagonal units.
Ans. The perimeters of the figures: 8s + 2d, 4s + 6d, 12s + 6d, 18s + 6d.

Q. Find various objects from your surroundings that have regular shapes and find
their perimeters. Also, generalise your understanding for the perimeter of other
regular polygons.
Ans. In general perimeter of regular polygons = Number of sides × Length of a side.

Section 6.2
Page No. 138

Figure it out
Q.1. The area of a rectangular garden 25 m long is 300 sq m. What is the width of the
garden?
Ans. Width of the garden = 300  25 = 12 m.
Q.2. What is the cost of tiling a rectangular plot of land 500 m long and 200 m wide at the
rate of Rs.8 per hundred sq. m?
Ans. Cost of tiling = Rs. 8000
Q.3. A rectangular coconut grove is 100 m long and 50 m wide. If each coconut tree
requires 25 sq m, what is the maximum number of trees that can be planted in this
grove?
Ans. 200.
Q.4. By splitting the following figures into rectangles, find their areas (all measures are
given in meters):
Ans. (a) 28 sq. m.
(b) 9 sq. m.

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Q. Find the area of the following figures.
Ans. 4 sq. units, 9 sq. units, 10 sq. units, 11 sq. units.

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Section 6.3
Figure it Out
Page No. 144
Q.1. Find the areas of the figures below by dividing them into rectangles.
Ans. a. 24 sq. units. b. 30 sq. units. c. 48 sq. units d. 16 sq. units
e. 12 sq. units.
Page No. 145
Q. Using 9 unit squares, solve the following.
1. What is the smallest perimeter possible?
2. What is the largest perimeter possible?
3. Make a figure with a perimeter of 18 units.
4. Can you make other shaped figures for each of the above three perimeters, or is
there only one shape with that perimeter?
What is your reasoning?
Ans. 1. The smallest possible perimeter is 12 cm obtained from a square of side 3 cm
2. The largest possible perimeter is 20 cm. obtained from a rectangle of length 9 cm and
breadth 1 cm.

3.

4. Yes, except for the smallest perimeter (12 sq. units).

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Q. Below is the house plan of Charan. It is in a rectangular plot. Look at the plan. What
do you notice?
Some of the measurements are given.
a. Find the missing measurements.
b. Find out the area of his house.
Ans. a.
i. Small bedroom 15ft × 12ft
Area = 180 sq ft

ii. Utility 15ft × 3ft

Area = 45 sq ft

iii. Hall 20ft × 12ft

Area = 240 sq ft

iv. Parking 15ft × 3ft

Area = 45 sq ft

v. Garden 20ft × 3ft

Area = 60 sq ft

b. Area of his house = 35ft × 30ft

=1050 sq ft
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Q. Now, find out the missing dimensions and area of Sharan’s home. Below is the plan:
Some of the measurements are given.
a. Find the missing measurements.
b. Find out the area of his house.
What are the dimensions of all the different rooms in Sharan’s house? Compare the
areas and perimeters of Sharan’s house and Charan’s house.
Ans. a. Dimensions of Sharan’s house.
i. Utility 7ft × 10 ft
Area = 70 sq ft

ii. Hall 23ft × 15 ft

Area = 345 sq ft
iii. Entrance 7 ft × 15ft
Area = 105 sq ft

iv. Small bedroom 12ft × 10ft

Area = 120 sq ft

v. Toilet 5ft × 10 ft
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b. Area of his house = 42 ft × 25 ft

= 1050 sq ft

Area of Charan’s house = 35ft × 30 ft = 1050 sq ft

Area of Sharan’s house = 42 ft × 25ft = 1050 sq ft
Area of both the houses are equal.
Now, Perimeter of Charan’s house = 130 ft
Perimeter of Sharan’s house = 134 ft
Perimeter of Sharan’s house is greater than the Perimeter of Charan’s house.

Page No. 148

Area Maze Puzzles
In each fig. find the missing value of either the length of the side or the area of the
region.
Ans.
a. 30 sq cm.
b. 9 sq cm.
c. 16 sq cm.
d. 5 cm.

Section 6.3
Page No. 149
Figure it Out
Q.1. Give the dimensions of a rectangle whose area is the sum of the areas of these two
rectangles having measurements: 5 m × 10 m and 2 m × 7 m.
Ans. Possible dimensions are 16 m and 4 m Or 32 m and 2m Or 8 m and 8 m
Q.2. The area of a rectangular garden that is 50 m long is 1000 sq m. Find the width of
the garden?
Ans. 20 m.
Q.3. The floor of a room is 5 m long and 4 m wide. A square carpet whose sides are 3 m
in length is laid on the floor. Find the area that is not carpeted.
Ans. Area of floor not carpeted = 11 sq. m.

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Q.4. Four flower beds having sides 2 m long and 1 m wide are dug at the four corners of
a garden that is 15 m long and 12 m wide. How much area is now available for laying
down a lawn?
Ans. Available area for lawn = 172 sq. m.

Q.5. Shape A has an area of 18 square units and Shape B has an area of 20 square units.
Shape A has a longer perimeter than Shape B. Draw two such shapes satisfying the
given conditions.
Ans. Possible dimensions of shape A are 6m and 3m; 2m and 9m; 18m and 1m
Corresponding Perimeters =18 m, 22m, 38m respectively
Possible dimensions of shape B are 5m and 4m; 10m and 2m; 20m and 1m
Corresponding Perimeters =18m, 24m, 42m respectively
Given P(A) > P(B)
We may take P(A) = 22m or 38m and P(B) = 18 m and draw the figures accordingly.
Q.7. Draw a rectangle of size 12 units × 8 units. Draw another rectangle inside it, without
touching the outer rectangle that occupies exactly half the area.
Ans. Area of outer rectangle = 96 sq. units.
Area of inner rectangle = 48 sq. units.
Draw the rectangles accordingly.
Q.8. A square piece of paper is folded in half. The square is then cut into two rectangles
along the fold. Regardless of the size of the square, one of the following statements
is always true. Which statement is true here?
a. The area of each rectangle is larger than the area of the square.
b. The perimeter of the square is greater than the perimeters of both the rectangles
added together.
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c. The perimeters of both the rectangles added together is always 𝟏 𝟐 times the
perimeter of the square.
d. The area of the square is always three times as large as the areas of both
rectangles added together.
Ans. Only C is true.

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