NCERT solutions for Mathematics [English] Class 6 chapter 10 - Mensuration [Latest edition]

Find the perimeter of the following figure:

Find the perimeter of the following figure:

Find the perimeter of the following figure:

Find the perimeter of the following figure:

Find the perimeter of the following figure:

Find the perimeter of the following figure:

The lid of a rectangular box of sides 40 cm by 10 cm is sealed all round with tape. What is the length of the tape required?

A table-top measures 2 m 25 cm by 1 m 50 cm. What is the perimeter of the table-top?

What is the length of the wooden strip required to frame a photograph of length and breadth of 32 cm and 21 cm respectively?

A rectangular piece of land measures 0.7 km by 0.5 km. Each side is to be fenced with 4 rows of wires. What is the length of the wire needed?

Find the perimeter of the following shape:

A triangle of sides 3 cm, 4 cm and 5 cm.

Find the perimeter of the following shape:

An equilateral triangle of side 9 cm.

Find the perimeter of the following shape:

An isosceles triangle with equal sides of 8 cm each and the third side of 6 cm.

Find the perimeter of a triangle with sides measuring 10 cm, 14 cm and 15 cm.

Find the perimeter of a regular hexagon with each side measuring 8 m.

Find the side of the square whose perimeter is 20 m.

The perimeter of a regular pentagon is 100 cm. How long is its each side?

A piece of string is 30 cm long. What will be the length of each side if the string is used to form a square?

A piece of string is 30 cm long. What will be the length of each side if the string is used to form an equilateral triangle?

A piece of string is 30 cm long. What will be the length of each side if the string is used to form a regular hexagon?

Two sides of a triangle are 12 cm and 14 cm. The perimeter of the triangle is 36 cm. What is its third side?

Find the cost of fencing a square park of side 250 m at the rate of ₹ 20 per metre.

Find the cost of fencing a rectangular park of length 175 m and breadth of 125 m at the rate of ₹ 12 per metre.

Sweety runs around a square park of side 75 m. Bulbul runs around a rectangular garden with a length of 60 m and a breadth of 45 m. Who covers less distance?

What is the perimeter of the following figures? What do you infer from the answers?

(a)	(c)
(b)	(d)

Avneet buys 9 square paving slabs, each with a side of `1/2` m. He lays them in the form of a square.

1. What is the perimeter of his arrangement [Fig (i)]?
2. Shari does not like his arrangement. She gets him to lay them out like a cross. What is the perimeter of her arrangement [(Fig (ii)]?
3. Which has greater perimeter?
4. Avneet wonders if there is a way of getting an even greater perimeter. Can you find a way of doing this? (The paving slabs must meet along complete edges i.e. they cannot be broken.)

Find the area of the following figure by counting squares:

Find the area of the following figure by counting squares:

Find the area of the following figure by counting squares:

Find the area of the following figure by counting squares:

Find the area of the following figure by counting squares:

Find the area of the following figure by counting squares:

Find the area of the following figure by counting squares:

Find the area of the following figure by counting squares:

Find the area of the following figure by counting squares:

Find the area of the following figure by counting squares:

Find the area of the following figure by counting squares:

Find the area of the following figure by counting squares:

Find the area of the following figure by counting squares:

Find the area of the following figure by counting squares:

Find the area of the rectangle whose sides are:

3 cm and 4 cm

Find the area of the rectangle whose sides are:

12 m and 21 m

Find the area of the rectangle whose sides are:

2 km and 3 km

Find the area of the rectangle whose sides are:

2 m and 70 cm

Find the area of the square whose sides are:

10 cm

Find the area of the square whose sides are:

14 cm

Find the area of the square whose sides are:

5 m

The length and breadth of the three rectangles are as given below:

1. 9 m and 6 m
2. 17 m and 3 m
3. 4 m and 14 m

Which one has the largest area and which one has the smallest?

The area of a rectangular garden 50 m long is 300 sq m. Find the width of the garden.

What is the cost of tiling a rectangular plot of land 500 m long and 200 m wide at the rate of ₹ 8 per hundred sq m.?

A table-top measures 2 m by 1 m 50 cm. What is its area in square metres?

A room is 4 m long and 3 m 50 cm wide. How many square metres of carpet are needed to cover the floor of the room?

A floor is 5 m long and 4 m wide. A square carpet of sides 3 m is laid on the floor. Find the area of the floor that is not carpeted.

Five square flower beds each side 1 m are dug on a piece of land 5 m long and 4 m wide. What is the area of the remaining part of the land?

By splitting the following figure into rectangles, find their areas (The measures are given in centimetres).

By splitting the following figure into rectangles, find their areas (The measures are given in centimetres).

Split the following shape into rectangle and find their area. (The measures are given in centimetres).

Split the following shape into rectangle and find their area. (The measures are given in centimetres)

Split the following shape into rectangle and find their area. (The measures are given in centimetres).

How many tiles whose length and breadth are 12 cm and 5 cm respectively will be needed to fit in a rectangular region whose length and breadth are:

100 cm and 144 cm

How many tiles whose length and breadth are 12 cm and 5 cm respectively will be needed to fit in a rectangular region whose length and breadth are:

70 cm and 36 cm