Practice Exercises: Applying Area and Perimeter Formulas
This page provides a series of practical exercises designed to help students apply the area and perimeter formulas learned in the previous section. These exercice aire et périmètre (area and perimeter exercises) offer valuable practice in calculating dimensions for various geometric shapes.
The exercises present different shapes with given measurements, challenging students to calculate either the area, perimeter, or both. This hands-on approach reinforces the theoretical knowledge and helps develop problem-solving skills in geometry.
The first exercise shows a square with side length 2 units. Students are asked to calculate its area (4 square units) and perimeter (8 units).
The second problem features a rectangle with dimensions 4 units by 2 units. The solution provided indicates an area of 8 square units and a perimeter of 12 units.
A more complex shape is introduced in the third exercise, possibly a composite figure or an irregular polygon. The calculated area is 1.75 square units, with a perimeter of 6.2 units.
The final exercise presents a circle. Students are required to calculate its area (approximately 7.06 square units) and circumference (about 9.42 units), applying the formulas for circular shapes.
Example: For the square with side length 2, the area is calculated as 2 x 2 = 4 square units, and the perimeter as 2 x 4 = 8 units.
Highlight: These exercises demonstrate how the same formulas can be applied to shapes of different sizes, reinforcing the concept of scalability in geometry.
Vocabulary: Composite figures are shapes made up of two or more basic geometric shapes combined.
This page serves as an excellent resource for students to practice aire et périmètre exercices PDF (area and perimeter exercises PDF), providing a solid foundation for more advanced geometric concepts.