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CBSE · Class 5 · Mathematics

Grandmother’s Quilt

Standard difficulty · 20 questions · 40 marks

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Section A — Choose the correct answer8 × 1 = 8 marks
1.
A rectangle is 12 cm long and 13 cm wide. What is its area?
  1. 168 square cm
  2. 25 square cm
  3. 156 square cm
  4. 50 square cm
2.
A rectangle is 12 cm long and 12 cm wide. What is its perimeter?
  1. 48 cm
  2. 36 cm
  3. 144 cm
  4. 24 cm
3.
What is the area of a square of side 26 cm?
  1. 702 square cm
  2. 104 square cm
  3. 676 square cm
  4. 52 square cm
4.
What is the perimeter of a square of side 26 m?
  1. 104 m
  2. 676 m
  3. 52 m
  4. 30 m
5.
The area of a rectangle is:
  1. length × breadth
  2. length + breadth
  3. 2 × length
  4. 4 × length
6.
A rectangle has an area of 396 square cm. Its length is 22 cm. What is its breadth?
  1. 20 cm
  2. 18 cm
  3. 22 cm
  4. 374 cm
7.
A square has a perimeter of 40 m. How long is each side?
  1. 36 m
  2. 10 m
  3. 20 m
  4. 14 m
8.
Which rectangle has an area of 30 square cm?
  1. 9 cm × 11 cm
  2. 10 cm × 3 cm
  3. 9 cm × 2 cm
  4. 10 cm × 4 cm
Section B — Short answer8 × 2 = 16 marks
9.
Find the area and the perimeter of a rectangle 26 m long and 24 m wide.
10.
Find the area and the perimeter of a square of side 10 m.
11.
A rectangle has a perimeter of 122 m and a length of 42 m. What is its breadth?
12.
The area of a square is 16 square m. How long is each side?
13.
Rectangle P is 64 cm × 1 cm and rectangle Q is 32 cm × 2 cm. Do they have the same area? The same perimeter?
14.
Write two different rectangles (whole-number sides in cm) that each have a perimeter of 40 cm.
15.
A quilt has 11 rows of 9 square patches, each of side 10 cm. How long and how wide is the quilt? How many patches are there?
16.
A tablecloth is 5 m long and 4 m wide. Lace for its border costs ₹24 a metre. What does the lace cost?
Section C — Word problems4 × 4 = 16 marks
17.
Asha’s room is 11 m long and 3 m wide. (a) What is its area? (b) Tiles of 1 square m cost ₹294 each. What will tiling the floor cost? (c) A skirting strip runs all round the room. How long is it?
18.
A square garden has sides of 30 m. (a) What is its perimeter? (b) Fence posts stand every 1 m all round. How many posts are there? (c) Fencing costs ₹59 a metre. What is the total cost?
19.
Grandmother sews a quilt from square patches of side 10 cm: 10 rows with 5 patches in each. (a) How long and how wide is the quilt? (b) What is its area? (c) Lace for the border costs ₹13 for every 10 cm. What does the lace cost?
20.
Two plots both have a perimeter of 38 m. Plot A is 18 m by 1 m and plot B is 10 m by 9 m. (a) Check that both perimeters are 38 m. (b) Find both areas. (c) Which plot has more room for vegetables?
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Grandmother’s Quilt · AW-5M-QLT-2026-V1 · For parents — fold back or tear off before handing the sheet to your child.

QAnswerWorking
1(c) 156 square cm12 × 13
2(a) 48 cm2 × 12 + 2 × 12
3(c) 676 square cm26 × 26
4(a) 104 m4 × 26
5(a) length × breadth—
6(b) 18 cm396 ÷ 22
7(b) 10 m40 ÷ 4
8(b) 10 cm × 3 cm10 × 3 = 30
9Area 624 square m; perimeter 100 m26 × 24; 2 × 26 + 2 × 24
10Area 100 square m; perimeter 40 m10 × 10; 4 × 10
1119 m122 ÷ 2 = 61; 61 − 42
124 m4 × 4 = 16
13Same area (64 square cm each); perimeters 130 cm and 68 cm, so not the same—
14Any two with length + breadth = 20, e.g. 19 cm × 1 cm and 18 cm × 2 cmlength + breadth = 40 ÷ 2 = 20
1590 cm by 110 cm; 99 patches9 × 10; 11 × 10; 11 × 9
16₹432perimeter 18 m × 24
17(a) 33 square m; (b) ₹9,702; (c) 28 m11 × 3; 2 × 11 + 2 × 3
18(a) 120 m; (b) 120; (c) ₹7,0804 × 30; 120 ÷ 1 (going all round, the last post is the first)
19(a) 50 cm by 100 cm; (b) 5,000 square cm; (c) ₹390perimeter 300 cm
20(a) 2 × (18 + 1) = 2 × (10 + 9) = 38; (b) A 18 square m, B 90 square m; (c) Ba rectangle closer to a square has more area for the same perimeter