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  • Question
  • How many squares with sides 1/2 inch long are needed to cover a rectangle that is 4 ft long and 4 ft wide ?


  • Options
  • A. 9216
  • B. 10246
  • C. 12345
  • D. 7527

  • Correct Answer
  • 9216 

    Explanation

    It takes four of those little squares -- each one 1/2 inch on a side -- to cover one square inch. That's because each one is 1/2 x 1/2, or 1/4 of a square inch.
    In a rectangle that is 48 inches by 48 inches, there are 2304 square inches.(1 ft = 12 inches)
    Since it takes 4 little squares to cover 1 sq inch, then it would need 2304 x 4 squares (1/2 inch on a side each) to cover a rectangle 4 feet by 4 feet.

    That is 9,216 of those squares.

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    • 1. A store owner is packing books into larger boxes that measure 25 by 42 by 60 inches. If the measurement of each book is 7 by 6 by 5 inches, then how many books can be placed in the box ?

    • Options
    • A. 175
    • B. 345
    • C. 265
    • D. 300
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    • 2. The volume of a rectangular solid is to be increased by 50% without altering its base. To what extent the height of the solid must be changed.

    • Options
    • A. 50%
    • B. 40%
    • C. 30%
    • D. 20%
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    • 3. Find the ratio of the surfaces of the inscribed and circumscribed spheres about a cube.

    • Options
    • A. 1:2
    • B. 1;3
    • C. 1:4
    • D. 1:5
    • Discuss
    • 4. A single pipe of diameter x has to be replaced by six pipes of diameters 12 cm each. The pipes are used to covey some liquid in a laboratory. If the speed/flow of the liquid is maintained the same then the value of x is ?

    • Options
    • A. 14.69 cm
    • B. 29.39 cm
    • C. 18.65 cm
    • D. 22.21 cm
    • Discuss
    • 5. If the radius of base and height of a cone are increased by 10%, find the percentage of increase of its volume

    • Options
    • A. 33.5%
    • B. 33.1%
    • C. 32.1%
    • D. 53.1%
    • Discuss
    • 6. 88 cubic centimetres of silver is drawn into a wire 1 mm in diameter. The length of the wire in metres will be ?

    • Options
    • A. 112 mts
    • B. 84 mts
    • C. 96 mts
    • D. 108 mts
    • Discuss
    • 7. A rectangular block has the dimensions 5x6x7 cm it is dropped into a cylindrical vessel of radius 6cm and height 10 cm. If the level of the fluid in the cylinder rises by 4 cm, What portion of the block is immersed in the fluid ?

    • Options
    • A. 22/7 x 24/35
    • B. 22/7 x 36 x 4
    • C. 22/7 x 36/5
    • D. 22/7 x 37/21
    • Discuss
    • 8. 66 cubic centimetres of silver is drawn into a wire 1 mm in diameter. The length of the wire in metres will be:

    • Options
    • A. 84
    • B. 90
    • C. 168
    • D. 336
    • Discuss
    • 9. What is the total surface area of a right circular cone of height 14 cm and base radius 7 cm?

    • Options
    • A. 344.35 sq.cm
    • B. 462 sq.cm
    • C. 498.35 sq.cm
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 10. How many meshes are there in 1 squrare meter of wire gauge if each mesh is 8mm long and 5mm wide ?

    • Options
    • A. 2500
    • B. 25000
    • C. 12500
    • D. 15400
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