
Area - squares and rectangles
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problemIf a new and an old television have screens of the same area, what is the ratio of their widths?
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Diagonal touch
Weekly Problem 21 - 2012
Two rectangles are drawn in a rectangle. What fraction of the rectangle is shaded? -
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Four or five
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? -
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Tilted squares
It's easy to work out the areas of most squares that we meet, but what if they were tilted?
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A square in a circle
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? -
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Inside seven squares
What is the total area of the four outside triangles which are outlined in red in this arrangement of squares inside each other?
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Pythagoras for a tetrahedron
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.
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Semi-detached
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.
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Fitted
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?
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Transformations on a pegboard
How would you move the bands on the pegboard to alter these shapes?