Grade 5Mathpractice16 questions

Area and volume

Grade 5: area of triangles, area of parallelograms, volume of cuboids, units of area and volume.

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Questions

  1. A triangle has a base of 6 cm and a height of 4 cm. What is its area?

    • 10 cm²
    • 12 cm²
    • 20 cm²
    • 24 cm²
    Show answer12 cm²

  2. A triangle has a base of 10 m and a height of 7 m. What is its area in m²? (Answer out loud)

    Show answer35 m²

  3. The area of a triangle is base × height ÷ 2. (True or false?)

    Show answerTrue

  4. A triangle has an area of 30 cm² and a base of 10 cm. What is its height?

    • 15 cm
    • 3 cm
    • 5 cm
    • 6 cm
    Show answer6 cm

  5. A parallelogram has a base of 8 cm and a height of 5 cm. What is its area?

    • 13 cm²
    • 20 cm²
    • 40 cm²
    • 80 cm²
    Show answer40 cm²

  6. A parallelogram with sides 6 cm and 5 cm and a height of 4 cm has an area of 30 cm². (True or false?)

    Show answerFalse

  7. A parallelogram has an area of 54 cm² and a height of 6 cm. How long is its base? (Answer out loud)

    Show answer9 cm

  8. To find a parallelogram's area, which length do you multiply by the base?

    • The longer diagonal
    • The perimeter
    • The perpendicular height
    • The slanted side
    Show answerThe perpendicular height

  9. A cuboid is 5 cm long, 4 cm wide and 3 cm high. What is its volume?

    • 12 cm³
    • 20 cm³
    • 24 cm³
    • 60 cm³
    Show answer60 cm³

  10. A cuboid has a base area of 20 cm² and a height of 7 cm. What is its volume?

    • 140 cm³
    • 27 cm³
    • 400 cm³
    • 70 cm³
    Show answer140 cm³

  11. A cuboid has volume 120 cm³, length 6 cm and width 5 cm. What is its height? (Answer out loud)

    Show answer4 cm

  12. How many 1 cm cubes fit exactly in a box measuring 10 cm by 2 cm by 3 cm?

    • 120
    • 15
    • 30
    • 60
    Show answer60

  13. Which unit would you use to measure the area of a classroom floor?

    • Cubic metres (m³)
    • Kilograms (kg)
    • Metres (m)
    • Square metres (m²)
    Show answerSquare metres (m²)

  14. How many square centimetres (cm²) are in one square metre (m²)?

    • 1,000
    • 10,000
    • 100
    • 100,000
    Show answer10,000

  15. One cubic metre is equal to 1,000,000 cubic centimetres. (True or false?)

    Show answerTrue

  16. Which unit is best for the volume of a swimming pool?

    • Centimetres (cm)
    • Cubic metres (m³)
    • Square metres (m²)
    • Square millimetres (mm²)
    Show answerCubic metres (m³)

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