Perimeter is the total distance around the outside of a shape. You can find it by adding the lengths of all its sides. It tells you how long the boundary of the shape is.
Area is the amount of space inside a shape. It tells you how much surface the shape covers.
For example, imagine a garden. The perimeter is the length of the fence needed to go around the garden, while the area is the amount of land inside the fence.
In simple words: Perimeter = Distance around a shape Area = Space inside a shape
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Area and Perimeter carries steady weightage in Class 6th exams. Practising its MCQs and important questions is one of the fastest ways to secure marks from this chapter.
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Q1.A farmer wants to plant flowers in a rectangular patch of land that is 12 meters long and 8 meters wide. What is the total area where he can plant flowers?
A.20 square meters
B.40 square meters
C.96 square meters
D.128 square meters
Answer: 96 square meters
Q2.A square-shaped rug has a side length of 2.5 meters. What is its perimeter?
A.5 meters
B.7.5 meters
C.10 meters
D.6.25 meters
Answer: 10 meters
Q3.A rectangular park is 30 meters long and 15 meters wide. What is the area of the park?
A.45 square meters
B.90 square meters
C.450 square meters
D.900 square meters
Answer: 450 square meters
Q4.If you have a square with a perimeter of 40 cm, what is its area?
A.10 square cm
B.80 square cm
C.100 square cm
D.160 square cm
Answer: 100 square cm
Q5.A square picture frame has a side of 18 cm. What is the total length of the wooden strips used to make the frame?
A.36 cm
B.54 cm
C.72 cm
D.324 cm
Answer: 72 cm
Q6.Which requires calculating area?
A.Finding the length of a ribbon for a gift.
B.Measuring the distance around a field.
C.Determining the amount of carpet for a room.
D.Walking around a building.
Answer: Determining the amount of carpet for a room.
Q7.A square has a side length of 'a'. Its perimeter is 4a. What is its area?
A.a+a
B.a*a
C.4+a
D.2a
Answer: a*a
Q8.A rectangle has a length 'l' and width 'w'. Its perimeter is 2(l+w). What is its area?
A.2(l*w)
B.l+w
C.l*w
D.l-w
Answer: l*w
Q9.A rectangular room has a perimeter of 30 meters. If the length is 10 meters, what is its width?
A.5 meters
B.10 meters
C.15 meters
D.20 meters
Answer: 5 meters
Q10.A rectangular carpet is 3 meters by 2 meters. How much space does it cover?
A.5 square meters
B.6 square meters
C.10 square meters
D.12 square meters
Answer: 6 square meters
Q11.Which requires calculating perimeter?
A.Covering a floor with tiles.
B.Putting a fence around a garden.
C.Painting a wall.
D.Calculating the space inside a box.
Answer: Putting a fence around a garden.
Q12.A rectangular sheet of paper is 28 cm long and 20 cm wide. What is its area?
A.48 square cm
B.96 square cm
C.280 square cm
D.560 square cm
Answer: 560 square cm
Q13.A square field has a side of 200 meters. What is its area in hectares (1 hectare = 10,000 m²)?
A.4 hectares
B.40 hectares
C.400 hectares
D.40000 hectares
Answer: 4 hectares
Q14.A square has an area of 1 square meter. What is its side length in centimeters?
A.1 cm
B.10 cm
C.100 cm
D.1000 cm
Answer: 100 cm
Q15.What is the perimeter of a square when its area is 121 square cm?
A.11 cm
B.22 cm
C.44 cm
D.121 cm
Answer: 44 cm
Q16.A rectangular room is 8 meters long and 5 meters wide. What is the perimeter of the room?
A.13 meters
B.26 meters
C.40 meters
D.80 meters
Answer: 26 meters
Q17.A shape is made of 3 identical squares, each with a side of 2 cm, joined in a straight line. What is the perimeter of the combined shape?
A.18 cm
B.16 cm
C.12 cm
D.24 cm
Answer: 16 cm
Q18.A square window pane has a side length of 40 cm. What is its area?
A.80 square cm
B.160 square cm
C.1600 square cm
D.400 square cm
Answer: 1600 square cm
Q19.If you cut a rectangular piece of paper (10cm by 8cm) into two identical smaller rectangles by cutting it exactly in half along its length, what is the perimeter of one of the smaller rectangles?
A.18 cm
B.20 cm
C.26 cm
D.36 cm
Answer: 26 cm
Q20.A rectangular rug has an area of 30 square meters. If its length is 6 meters, what is its width?
A.4 meters
B.5 meters
C.10 meters
D.12 meters
Answer: 5 meters
Q21.A rectangular swimming pool is 25 meters long and 10 meters wide. What is the perimeter of the pool?
A.35 meters
B.50 meters
C.70 meters
D.250 meters
Answer: 70 meters
Q22.A rectangular picture frame is 15 cm by 10 cm. The frame itself is 2 cm wide. What is the area of the picture visible inside the frame?
A.150 square cm
B.126 square cm
C.88 square cm
D.66 square cm
Answer: 66 square cm
Q23.A square-shaped table has a side length of 1.2 meters. What is its area?
A.2.4 square meters
B.4.8 square meters
C.1.44 square meters
D.14.4 square meters
Answer: 1.44 square meters
Q24.If a square has an area of 81 square cm, what is its perimeter?
A.9 cm
B.18 cm
C.36 cm
D.81 cm
Answer: 36 cm
Q25.A rectangle has a length of 12 cm and a width of 5 cm. What is its perimeter?
A.17 cm
B.34 cm
C.60 cm
D.120 cm
Answer: 34 cm
Q26.A square has an area of 100 square cm. What is its perimeter?
A.10 cm
B.20 cm
C.40 cm
D.100 cm
Answer: 40 cm
Q27.If you double the side length of a square, what happens to its area?
A.It stays the same.
B.It doubles.
C.It triples.
D.It quadruples.
Answer: It quadruples.
Q28.What is the perimeter of a shape?
A.The amount of space inside the shape.
B.The measurement of all its sides added together.
C.The number of corners a shape has.
D.The length of the longest side.
Answer: The measurement of all its sides added together.
Q29.What is the area of a shape?
A.The distance around the outside of the shape.
B.The total number of sides a shape has.
C.The amount of surface a shape covers.
D.The measurement of its height.
Answer: The amount of surface a shape covers.
Q30.A square has a side length of 5 cm. What is its perimeter?
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