MEASUREMENT WORKSHEET 2

Task

Question 1
Study the following diagram. It is a plan of the land where the RDP houses will be laid out on
the plot.

1.1 Calculate the total length of the boundary wall/fence.

1.2 Convert this answer to kilometres.
Fence Vibracrete wall

Company A R280.00 per metre R28 500 per 100 metres

Company B R500.00 per two metres R290.00 per metre

1.3 Use your answers and the table to calculate the total costs in Rands, for both the fence
and the vibracrete wall for Company A and B.
Question 2
This diagram shows the size of one plot in the complex. There are 16 plots exactly like this in
the complex.

2.1 Convert 745 cm to metres.

2.2 Calculate the area of one house plot. Give your answer in m2.
2.3 What is the total area of all 16 plots? Give your answer in m2.
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2.4 One of the contractors calculated the area of all 16 plots to be 864m . What has he
done wrong in the calculation?

Question 3
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The contractors want to lay 650m of grass. Grass is sold in slabs that have a length of 40
cm and a breadth of 25 cm
3.1 Calculate the area of one piece of grass slab. Give your answer in m2.
3.2 Calculate how many grass slabs will be needed to cover the area.
3.3 If one slab of grass costs R9,50, what would the total cost be for the grass?

Question 4
This is a diagram of the concrete slab that needs to be laid as a foundation for each house in
the complex.

4.1 Calculate the volume of concrete needed, in m3.

4.2 If 1m3 = 1000 litres, how many litres of concrete is used for the foundation?
4.3 Calculate the total cost of the concrete if 1m3 is R225.00.

Question 5
The contractors want to paint the walls of the house with two coats of paint. The area of all of
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the interior walls equals 78m . If one litre of paint covers 5m2, how many 5 litre tins of paint
does he need?
Question 6

6.1 Using the diagram of the net of the cylinder, which is the pattern for the insulation
blanket, determine the measurements, in metres, of the radius and the length of the
geyser blanket.
6.2 Calculate the total surface area of the insulation blanket. Give your answer to the
nearest m2. Use = 3,142.
6.3 Using your answer from the previous question, calculate the total amount of insulation
material needed, including the 30% extra recommended by the supplier.
6.4 Which formulae would you use to calculate the volume of a cylinder?
2 2
2 r + 2 rh or r h
(Where r = radius, and h = height or length)
6.5 Calculate the volume of water in the geyser when it is full. Give your answer rounded to
the nearest cm3. Use = 3,142.
6.6 Using your answers from the previous questions, calculate the following:
6.6.1 The volume of the geyser when it is 60% full
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6.6.2 The amount of water in litres that the geyser can hold at that level. Use 1 cm = 0,001 l

Question 7
The picture below is of a circular fish pond that will be built in the courtyard of complex. The
fishpond has an outer diameter of 3,1m. The concrete rim is 35cm in width, and the pond is
65cm in height. Use this diagram to answer the following questions.

7.1 Convert all of the measurements to

centimetres.
7.2 Calculate the volume of concrete
needed to build the fishpond rim. Use =
3,142.
7.3 Calculate the amount of water in
litres that the fishpond can hold when the
water level is 15cm from the top. Use the
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unit conversion: 1 cm = 0,001 litres.