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CBSE Class 5 Mathematics Question 8 of 16

Grandmothers Quilt — Question 8

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Question
Tick the shapes with the same perimeter. Find the areas of these shapes. What do you notice? Discuss.
Answer

(a) Perimeter = 12 cm; Area = 7 cm square
(b) Perimeter = 12 cm; Area = 7 cm square
(c) Perimeter = 16 cm; Area = 7 cm square
(d) Perimeter = 16 cm; Area = 7 cm square
(e) Perimeter = 16 cm; Area = 7 cm square
Shapes (a) and (b) have same perimeter, and shapes (c), (d), (e) have same perimeter.
We observed that, different shapes can have same area and same perimeter.
NCERT Textbook Pages 149-150
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