A square piece of paper is folded in half. The square is then cut into two rectangles along the fold. Class 6

A square piece of paper is folded in half. The square is then cut into two rectangles along the fold. Class 6

Question 1.

A square piece of paper is folded in half. The square is then cut into two rectangles along the fold. Regardless of the size of the square, one of the following statements is always true. Which statement is true here? Class 6

(а) The area of each rectangle is larger than the area of the square.

(b) The perimeter of the square is greater than the perimeters of both the rectangles added together.

(c) The perimeters of both the rectangles added together is always 1[latex]\frac{1}{2}[/latex]times the perimeter of the square.

(d) The area of the square is always three times as large as the areas of both rectangles added together.

Solution:

Only (c) statement is always true.