Got Perimeter?
Bennett and Marco baked a cake for Mrs. Sinnott! (Thanks, Bennett and Marco!) They decided to wrap the entire outside of the cake in banana flavored fruit tape. (There goes my cake, sigh.) The area of Bennett and Marco's cake is 64 square inches. What is the length of Bennett's square cake pan?
Area = 64 square inches
Side = 8in (8x8 = 64 square inches)
What is Bennett's cake pan is 8 inches by 8 inches.
Ella and Eva have taken over a section of Mr. Ries' room. The perimeter of this square section is 36 ft. What is the area of this space?
36 divided by 4 = 9 ft.
9 x9 = 81 square feet
What is the area is 81 square feet?
What is.....?
Avery and Mihika have WAY too many paper clips. They made their paper clips into a rectangle around their desks. The perimeter of Avery and Mihika's rectangle is 48 inches. The length is 14 inches. What is the width?
Perimeter equals length + length + width + width. 14+14 = 28 inches
48 - 28 = 20 inches
20 divided by 2 = 10 inches
What is the width is 10 inches?
Zoë and Catherine have moved in to a new room for summer camp. Their room is a perfect square and has a perimeter of 60m. What is the area of their room?
60m divided by 4 = 15 m.
15 x 15 = 225 sq. m.
What is the area of their room is 225 sq. m?
Take a look at the picture that Mrs. Sinnott draws on the board. This is Paavan's garden. Paavan has asked Kristian to help him build fencing around the garden so that Annie's rabbit does not eat his lettuce. Can you find out the perimeter of Paavan's garden?
What is...?
Quinn's paper is 8.5 inches by 14 inches.
Nyk's paper is 11 inches by 17 inches.
If they glue their sheets together, what is the perimeter of their giant piece of paper?
8.5 + 11 - 19.5inches
19.5 x 2 = 39 inches
14 + 17 = 31 inches
31x2 = 62 inches
62 + 39 = 101 inches
What is the perimeter is 101 inches?
The area of Cole's garden is 72 sq. ft. The length of Cole's garden in 12 ft. What is the width?
72 divided by 12 = 6 ft.
What is the width is 6 ft?
Look at the shape Mrs. Sinnott draws on the board. Divided your figure up at least two different ways, and make sure you label it. Now, pair up with a partner and challenge them to find the perimeter of this shape.
What is...?