Building your property!

If the perimeters of these walls are as follows, w

what is the width of each wall?

Wall 1: 90cm
Wall 2: 60cm
Wall 3: 64cm
Wall 4: 64cm
Wall 5: 66cm
Wall 6: 88cm

Wall Height Width
Wall 1 20cm cm
Wall 2 20cm cm
Wall 3 20cm cm
Wall 4 20cm cm
Wall 5 20cm cm
Wall 6 20cm cm

All walls must be 20cm high and rectangular (so 2 edges of each all
must be 20cm!)

What is the area of each wall?

Wall Area
Wall 1 cm
2

Wall 2 cm
2

Wall 3 cm
2

Wall 4 cm
2

Wall 5 cm
2

Wall 6 cm
2



Draw each wall onto a piece of card (with a ruler), and cut them out.
Using sellotape, stick each wall together, in order (starting with wall
1, then wall 2 etc.)

Make sure your building is all the same height- you wouldnt want a
wonky roof! To do this, make sure all the 20cm sides are vertical.

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Decorating your building:

The owners need the outside of the building decorated.

Colour Cost per cm
2
Area needed Total cost
Wall 1 pink $2 X cm
2
=
Wall 2 blue $10 X cm
2
=
Wall 3 green $5 X cm
2
=
Wall 4 orange $3 X cm
2
=
Wall 5 black $1 X cm
2
=
Wall 6 blue $10 X cm
2
=

How much blue paint will they need in total? _______ cm
2


How much will the blue paint cost in total? ___________