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Grade 10

Volume of rainfall over an area of land

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The roof of a house is flat and measures $16$16 m by $15$15 m in the shape of a rectangle.

a

What is the area of the roof?

b

If a water tank collects all the water from the roof, how many litres of water would it collect if there had been $20$20mm of rain?

c

After a while, the water tank reaches full capacity.

If a further $10$10 mm of rain falls before the sky clears, how many litres of rainfall are not collected as a result?

Easy
3min

The outline of a block of land is pictured below.

Easy
3min

A floor plan for a house is shown below, with measurements given in mm. The annual rainfall over the house is $360$360 mm.

6min

The image below shows the outline of a construction site for the foundations of a large office building.

Easy
2min
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Solve problems involving the surface areas of prisms, pyramids, and cylinders, and the volumes of prisms, pyramids, cylinders, cones, and spheres, including problems involving combinations of these figures, using the metric system or the imperial system, as appropriate

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