2D shapes and their properties

Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a rhombus.

A farmer has a field which is the shape of a trapezium as illustrated below. To increase his profits he wishes to grow two different crops. To do this he would like to divide the field into two trapeziums each of equal area. How could he do this?

This shape comprises four semi-circles. What is the relationship between the area of the shaded region and the area of the circle on AB as diameter?

Have a go at creating these images based on circles. What do you notice about the areas of the different sections?

Where should runners start the 200m race so that they have all run the same distance by the finish?

Equal circles can be arranged so that each circle touches four or six others. What percentage of the plane is covered by circles in each packing pattern? ...

A square of area 40 square cms is inscribed in a semicircle. Find the area of the square that could be inscribed in a circle of the same radius.

The diagonals of a trapezium divide it into four parts. Can you create a trapezium where three of those parts are equal in area?