Surface Area treasure hunt
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Which has the biggest top end?
A big box
A small box
A pencil
A paper clip
Which animal has the largest surface area?
A whale
A bee
A rabbit
A duck
Which has the largest upper surface?
A big cake
A small cake
A crumb
A pepper
Which has the biggest flat piece?
A pizza
A pea
A grain of rice
One clove
What has more surface area in the park?
The playing field
A bench
A tree
A bird
How many flat sides does a ball have?
0 flat sides
1 flat side
2 flat sides
4 flat sides
What covers more surface area of your foot?
Your entire sole of the foot
Your big toe
Your little toe
Your heel
Which leaf has the largest surface area?
A large green leaf
A small yellow leaf
A twig
A drop of water
Which blackboard has more surface area?
A large class board
A small drawing board
A mini chalkboard
A notepad
How many trees are there in the forest (4 wide, 2 high)?
8 trees
6 trees
10 trees
7 trees
How many clouds are floating (2 rows of 6)?
12 clouds
8 clouds
10 clouds
6 clouds
How many suns are shining? (1 row of 8)
8 suns
7 suns
9 suns
6 suns
Which door has the largest surface area?
A tall front door
A low gate
A cat flap
A letterbox flap
Which pizza has more surface area?
A large round pizza
A small pizza point
A mini pizza
No pizza
Which scale has more surface area?
A large salad bowl
A small bowl
An egg cup
One teaspoon
How many squares do you count? (1 row of 5)
5 squares
4 squares
6 squares
3 squares
A picture has 4 rows of 4 pixels. How many pixels are they?
16 pixels
8 pixels
12 pixels
20 pixels
What is the area of a rectangle that is 4 metres long and 2 metres wide?
8 square metres
6 square metres
10 square metres
4 square metres
How many square slices of cheese fit on a 6 by 2 sandwich?
12 slices
8 slices
10 slices
14 slices
If a square has an area of 16 square metres, how long is one side?
4 metres
8 metres
2 metres
6 metres
A playground is 15 metres long and 8 metres wide. What is the surface area?
120 square metres
23 square metres
46 square metres
60 square metres
A stamp is 3 cm long and 2 cm wide. What is its surface area?
6 square centimetres
5 square centimetres
10 square centimetres
12 square centimetres
A rectangle is 7 squares long and 1 square wide. How many squares is that?
7 boxes
8 boxes
6 boxes
9 boxes
What is the area of a rectangle measuring 7 metres by 2 metres?
14 square metres
9 square metres
18 square metres
5 square metres
A triangle has angles of 90°, 60° and 30°. The base is 10 cm and the height is 6 cm. What is its area?
30 cm²
60 cm²
16 cm²
180 cm²
A triangular flagpole has a base of 80 cm and a height of 120 cm. What is its area?
4800 cm²
9600 cm²
200 cm²
2400 cm²
A rectangle has a length of 8 metres and a width of 5 metres. What is its area?
40 m²
26 m²
13 m²
35 m²
Which area is smallest?
500 cm²
5 dm²
0,5 m²
50 dm²
A parallelogram and a rectangle have the same base (8 cm) and height (5 cm). Which is true?
They have the same surface area
The parallelogram is larger
The rectangle is larger
It depends on the angles
A rectangular swimming pool is 25 metres long and 10 metres wide. What is the area of the water surface?
250 m²
70 m²
35 m²
125 m²
A rectangular poster is 60 cm long and 40 cm wide. What is the surface area in dm²?
24 dm²
240 dm²
2400 dm²
2.4 dm²
How many acres is 5,000 m²?
50 are
500 ares
5 are
0.5 ares
If you double the radius of a circle, the area becomes:
4 times larger
twice as big
8 times larger
Remains the same
A rectangle becomes twice as long and twice as wide. How many times does the surface area increase?
4 times
2 times
8 times
6 times
A tennis court is 23.8 m long and 8.2 m wide. What is its approximate surface area?
195 m²
64 m²
260 m²
32 m²
A composite figure consists of a rectangle (8×6 cm) topped by a triangle (base 8 cm, height 3 cm). What is the total surface area?
60 cm²
48 cm²
36 cm²
72 cm²
How many square millimetres go into 1 square centimetre?
100
10
1.000
1
A triangular garden has a base of 20 m and an area of 150 m². What is the height?
15 m
7,5 m
30 m
10 m
Which unit do you NOT use for area?
meter
square metres
hectares
square centimetre
Which figure does NOT have a fixed formula for area?
Irregular polygon
Triangle
Circle
Square
A circle with centre (3,4) and radius 5 is tangent to the x-axis. What is the area of the part below the x-axis?
0 cm²
25π cm²
12.5π cm²
5π cm²
A square has a circumference of 32 cm. What is the area of the inscribed circle?
16π cm²
32π cm²
64π cm²
8π cm²
A trapezium has parallel sides of 12 cm and 8 cm, with a height of 6 cm. What is its area?
60 cm²
120 cm²
96 cm²
72 cm²
A triangle has sides in the ratio 3:4:5 and the longest side is 15 cm. What is its area?
54 cm²
45 cm²
90 cm²
36 cm²
A quarter of a circle of area 144π cm² is taken away. What is the area of the remaining part?
108π cm²
36π cm²
72π cm²
120π cm²
A triangle has an area of 84 cm² and a base of 12 cm. What is its height?
14 cm
7 cm
21 cm
28 cm
A parabola y = x² is bounded by the lines x = -2 and x = 2, and y = 0. What is the area under the curve?
32/3 units²
16 units²
8 units²
64/3 units²
A triangle has vertices A(0,0), B(6,0) and C(3,4). What is its area?
12 units²
24 units²
18 units²
9 units²
What is the area of a triangle with base 20 cm and height equal to half the base?
100 cm²
200 cm²
50 cm²
150 cm²
What is the area of a lunar figure between two circles with radii 5 cm and 3 cm (concentric)?
16π cm²
25π cm²
34π cm²
8π cm²
What is the area of a ring between two concentric hexagons with 'radii' of 8 cm and 12 cm?
120√3 cm²
216√3 cm²
96√3 cm²
144√3 cm²
An annulus (ring) has an outer radius of 8 cm and an inner radius of 5 cm. What is its surface area?
122.52 cm²
153.94 cm²
91.11 cm²
175.93 cm²
A circular segment is formed by a chord 6 cm from the centre of a circle of radius 10 cm. What is the area of the segment?
28.85 cm²
34.55 cm²
22.19 cm²
41.88 cm²
A sector of a circle has a central angle of 120° and a radius of 9 cm. What is its area?
27π cm²
81π cm²
54π cm²
18π cm²
A quadrilateral has vertices at (0,0), (8,0), (8,6) and (0,6). What is its area?
48 units²
28 units²
24 units²
96 units²
How many acres is one hectare?
100 ares
10 are
1000 ares
50 are
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