Floors and walls

1. A floor is 12 feet by 8 feet. How many square feet of carpet do you need?

• 20
• 40
• 88
• 96

2. A wall is 9 feet by 7 feet. What is its area in square feet?

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3. Two rooms are 6 m by 4 m and 5 m by 3 m. What is the total area?

• 18 square metres
• 39 square metres
• 45 square metres
• 60 square metres

4. A rectangle is 11 units by 6 units. What is its area in square units?

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5. A poster 4 ft by 3 ft is stuck on a wall 10 ft by 3 ft. How much wall is left uncovered?

• 12 square feet
• 18 square feet
• 22 square feet
• 30 square feet

6. A path is 15 metres long and 2 metres wide. What is its area in square metres?

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7. Which has the larger area, a 6 by 6 square or a 9 by 4 rectangle?

• They are the same
• The square
• The rectangle
• You cannot tell

8. A tile is 1 foot square. How many tiles cover a floor 7 feet by 5 feet?

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9. A rectangle is split into two halves, each 3 by 4. What is the whole area?

• 7 square units
• 12 square units
• 24 square units
• 48 square units

10. Doubling both sides of a rectangle doubles its area.

• True
• False