L2-16 Calculate perimeters and areas of 2-D shapes including triangles and circles and composite shapes including non-rectangular shapes (formulae given except for triangles and circles) Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Functional Skills Maths, Unit 2

The 20 questions

1. What is the area of a triangle with base 10 cm and height 6 cm?

   • 60 cm²
   • 15 cm²
   • 16 cm²
   • 30 cm²

2. What is the area of a circle with radius 3 cm? Use π ≈ 3.14.

   • 18.84 cm²
   • 9.42 cm²
   • 56.52 cm²
   • 28.26 cm²

3. What is the circumference of a circle with diameter 10 cm? Use π ≈ 3.14.

   • 314 cm
   • 62.8 cm
   • 31.4 cm
   • 15.7 cm

4. What is the perimeter of a rectangle 8 cm by 5 cm?

   • 26 cm
   • 13 cm
   • 20 cm
   • 40 cm

5. What is the area of a parallelogram with base 7 cm and height 4 cm?

   • 11 cm²
   • 22 cm²
   • 28 cm²
   • 14 cm²

6. Which formula gives the area of a triangle?

   • base × height × 2
   • ½ × base × height
   • π × r²
   • base + height

7. Which formula gives the area of a circle?

   • r²/2
   • π r²
   • 2πr
   • πd

8. What is the area of a square with side 9 cm?

   • 3 cm²
   • 36 cm²
   • 81 cm²
   • 18 cm²

9. An L-shape is made of a 10 by 4 rectangle and a 3 by 2 rectangle joined on. What is its total area?

   • 46 cm²
   • 52 cm²
   • 42 cm²
   • 34 cm²

10. A circular garden has radius 5 m. What is its circumference? Use π ≈ 3.14.

    • 157 m
    • 15.7 m
    • 31.4 m
    • 78.5 m

11. A triangle has base 14 cm and height 3 cm. What is its area?

    • 17 cm²
    • 21 cm²
    • 7 cm²
    • 42 cm²

12. A carpet measures 3.5 m by 4 m. What is its area?

    • 7.5 m²
    • 14 m²
    • 28 m²
    • 12 m²

13. A rectangle has area 48 cm² and width 6 cm. What is its length?

    • 288 cm
    • 8 cm
    • 42 cm
    • 54 cm

14. A circle has diameter 14 cm. What is its area? Use π ≈ 22/7.

    • 616 cm²
    • 154 cm²
    • 308 cm²
    • 44 cm²

15. A composite shape is a 6 by 4 rectangle with a triangle of base 6 cm and height 3 cm attached. What is its total area?

    • 33 cm²
    • 39 cm²
    • 27 cm²
    • 45 cm²

16. A ring has outer radius 5 cm and inner radius 3 cm. What is the area of the ring? Use π ≈ 3.14.

    • 28.26 cm²
    • 100.48 cm²
    • 25.12 cm²
    • 50.24 cm²

17. Two squares of side 4 cm are placed side by side to form a rectangle. What is the perimeter?

    • 20 cm
    • 16 cm
    • 24 cm
    • 32 cm

18. A floor is an L-shape from a 6 m by 5 m rectangle with a 2 m by 2 m corner cut out. What is the floor area?

    • 22 m²
    • 20 m²
    • 26 m²
    • 34 m²

19. A triangle has area 45 cm² and base 9 cm. What is its height?

    • 5 cm
    • 4.5 cm
    • 90 cm
    • 10 cm

20. A circle has area 78.5 cm² and π ≈ 3.14. What is its radius?

    • 5 cm
    • 2.5 cm
    • 10 cm
    • 25 cm

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