Sheet # 329 Area/Volume
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1) Kim plans to build a pen 5 feet long and 3 feet wide for her rabbit. If she makes the length one foot shorter and the width one foot longer, how will the area change?
2) Each side of a square is 8 cm. A rectangle has the same perimeter, but its length is 10 cm. What is its width?
3) Tom's farm has an area of 2500 m2 to divide into allotments to grow vegetables. Which of these sizes of allotment would give him 6 separate patches of land with the least left over?
a) 20m x 20 m b) 15 m x 20 m c) 10 m x 30 m d) 15 m x 25 m e) 25 m x 25 m
4 Jill wants to retile her kitchen floor. The kitchen is 9 m by 6 m. How many tiles does she need to buy if each tile is 30 cm by 30 cm?
Answers for sheet # 329
1) area increases by 1 sq feet
2) 6 cm
3) 20 m x 20 m
4) 600 tiles