Perimeter
What is the perimeter of a square with sides 4 cm each?
16 cm
What is the area of a rectangle that is 4 cm by 3 cm?
12 sq cm
Sam buys 3 packs of stickers. Each pack has 4 sheets. If each sheet has 5 stickers, how many stickers does he have?
3 × 4 = 12 sheets; 12 × 5 = 60 stickers
There are 24 cupcakes. They are put into boxes of 6. Then each box is shared by 2 students. How many cupcakes does each student get?
24 ÷ 6 = 4 per box; 4 ÷ 2 = 2 cupcakes
“Perimeter means the space inside a shape.” — Ava
Incorrect
Perimeter is the distance around a shape, not the inside.
A rectangle is 5 m long and 3 m wide. What is the perimeter?
16 m
A square has side length 6 ft. What is its area?
36 sq ft
A class has 6 tables. Each table seats 4 students. If each student gets 3 pencils, how many pencils does the teacher hand out?
6 × 4 = 24 students; 24 × 3 = 72 pencils
48 toys are sorted equally into 8 bins. Then each bin is given to 2 classrooms. How many toys does each classroom get?
48 ÷ 8 = 6 toys/bin; 6 ÷ 2 = 3 toys
“Area tells how many square units cover a shape.” — Marcus
Correct
Area does measure how many square units fit inside a shape.
A triangle has side lengths 6 in, 6 in, and 4 in. What is the perimeter?
16 in
A rectangle has an area of 28 sq inches and a length of 7 inches. What is the width?
4 in
A farmer packs 8 baskets with 12 apples in each. He wants to split the apples equally among 4 friends. How many apples does each friend get?
8 × 12 = 96 apples; 96 ÷ 4 = 24 apples
A coach has 72 soccer cones. He makes 9 equal training stations. Each station then splits its cones between 3 groups. How many cones does each group get?
72 ÷ 9 = 8; 8 ÷ 3 = a little over 2 each (2 with 2 left over)
“The product is the answer to a division problem.” — Evelyn
Incorrect
Product is the answer to multiplication, not division.
A rectangle has a perimeter of 20 ft. The length is 7 ft. What is the width?
3 ft
A garden is 9 m long and 8 m wide. What is the area?
72 sq m
A toy store has 9 shelves. Each shelf holds 15 action figures. If the store sells 48 figures, how many are left?
9 × 15 = 135; 135 − 48 = 87 action figures
A teacher buys 96 crayons and wants to make 12 art kits. Each art kit has the same number of crayons. If she wants to give 4 students each their own kit, how many crayons do the 4 students get in total?
96 ÷ 12 = 8 per kit; 8 × 4 = 32 crayons
“The quotient is what you get when you divide one number by another.” — Jayden
Correct
A quotient is the answer to a division problem.
A polygon has sides: 5 cm, 4 cm, 5 cm, 4 cm, 3 cm, 3 cm. What is the perimeter?
24 cm
A classroom floor is shaped like a rectangle with area 96 sq ft. If the length is 12 ft, what is the width?
8 ft
A school orders 18 boxes of markers. Each box has 10 packs, and each pack has 6 markers. How many markers are there in all?
18 × 10 = 180 packs; 180 × 6 = 1,080 markers
A fundraiser earns $180. The money is divided evenly among 15 students. If each student buys bookmarks that cost $2 each, how many bookmarks can each student buy?
180 ÷ 15 = $12 per student; $12 ÷ $2 = 6 bookmarks
“The dividend is the number you divide by another number.” — Sofia
Incorrect