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Area of Shapes Mark Scheme:

Rectangle ABCD

𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 = 5 × 7 = 35𝑐𝑚2
1 [1] For both areas of each rectangle
Rectangle CEFG

𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 = 6 × 9 = 54𝑐𝑚2

Triangle DCG
[1] Correct area
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𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 = × 5 × 9 = 22.5𝑐𝑚2
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𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 = 35 + 54 + 22.5 = 111.5𝑐𝑚2 [1] Final answer

45 × 15 = 675𝑐𝑚2
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× 70 × 35 = 1225𝑐𝑚2
2 2 [1] Correct area of storeroom
85 × 10 = 850𝑐𝑚2
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 = 1225 + 675 + 850 = 2750𝑐𝑚2

𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑 = 14 × 200 = 2800𝑐𝑚2 [1] Correct area of 14 items

[1] Must have working from previous 2

There is not enough space in the storeroom.
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Shape A = 𝜋𝑟 2 = 9𝜋 = 28.27𝑐𝑚2
Shape B = 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒 × ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 = 27𝑐𝑚2
3 𝑡𝑜𝑝+𝑏𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑜𝑚 [1] Correctly identifying 3 out of 4 areas
Shape C = × ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 = 27𝑐𝑚2
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Shape D = 23𝑐𝑚2

B & C are have the same area [1] Identifying the correct shapes

𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 = 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒 × ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 = 50 × 30 = 1500𝑚2

4 15 + 5 [1] Total area and flower bed calculated
𝐹𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 = × 30 = 300𝑚2
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𝑃𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 = × 𝜋𝑟 2 = 50𝜋
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[1] Area of ponds
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𝑃𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 = × 𝜋𝑟 2 = 50𝜋
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𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 = 1500 − 300 − 50𝜋 − 50𝜋

[1] Final calculation and answer to 2dp.
= 885.84𝑚2 (2𝑑𝑝)

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5 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 = 2 × 𝑥 = 2𝑥 [1] Correct answer for area

𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 = 𝑥 × 𝑥 = 𝑥 2
𝑥 2 = 2𝑥
2 [1] Area of Parallelogram
𝑥 − 2𝑥 = 0
𝑥 𝑥−2 =0
𝑥 = 0 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 = 2
𝑥=2 [1]Value of 𝑥

6 18 ÷ 3 = 6 [1] Length of one side calculated

𝑥 = 6 2 − 32 = 3 3 [1] use Pythagoras to find the height of

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𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 = × 3 3 × 6 = 9 3 𝑐𝑚2 the triangle.
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𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 = 6 × 9 3 = 54 3 𝑐𝑚2
[1] Total area calculated
𝐴𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟 = 93.53 (2 𝑑. 𝑝. )

[1] Cutting a triangle in half it has a base

7 𝑥= 4 2 − 22 = 2 3 of length 2 and hypotenuse of length 4.

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𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 = ×2 3×4=4 3 [1] Area of one triangle
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𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 = 2 × 4 3 = 8 3
[1] Area of both triangles

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