Area - squares and rectangles

  • Televisual Technology
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    Televisual technology

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    If a new and an old television have screens of the same area, what is the ratio of their widths?
  • Diagonal Touch
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    Diagonal touch

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Weekly Problem 21 - 2012
    Two rectangles are drawn in a rectangle. What fraction of the rectangle is shaded?
  • Four or Five
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    Four or five

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    The diagram shows a large rectangle composed of 9 smaller rectangles. If each of these rectangles has integer sides, what could the area of the large rectangle be?
  • Tilted Squares
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    Tilted squares

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    It's easy to work out the areas of most squares that we meet, but what if they were tilted?

  • A Square in a Circle
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    A square in a circle

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    What shape has Harry drawn on this clock face? Can you find its area? What is the largest number of square tiles that could cover this area?
  • Inside Seven Squares
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    Inside seven squares

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    What is the total area of the four outside triangles which are outlined in red in this arrangement of squares inside each other?

  • Pythagoras for a Tetrahedron
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    Pythagoras for a tetrahedron

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    In a right-angled tetrahedron prove that the sum of the squares of the areas of the 3 faces in mutually perpendicular planes equals the square of the area of the sloping face. A generalisation of Pythagoras' Theorem.

  • Semi-detached
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    Semi-detached

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    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.

  • Fitted
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    Fitted

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Nine squares with side lengths 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, and 18 cm can be fitted together to form a rectangle. What are the dimensions of the rectangle?