Area
Area or Perimeter Word Problems
Missing Side
100
What is the area of this shape?
Area = 60 square cm
100
If the area of the square is 64 square centimeters. What is the perimeter of the same square?
Each side = 8 cm
Perimeter = 2 x 8 + 2 x 8
Perimeter = 4 x 8
Perimeter = 32 cm.
200
What is the area of this shape?
84 square cm
200
A museum want to create a wall mural that measure 22 feet long and 19 feet wide. How many square feet will the mural cover?
Write the equation you could use to solve this problem?
AREA
22 x 19
Area = 418 square feet
200
Find the length of the missing side.
24 - 9 - 9 = 6
L = 6 
2
L = 3
300
A farmer is making a large pen for all his pigs. The space will be rectangular and measure 26 feet long and 14 feet wide.
What will be the area of the pen?
364 square feet
300
Find the missing side.
24 
3 = 8
Length = 8 units
400
Angela bought a new rug for her bedroom.
The AREA of the rug was 136 square feet.
The rug has a width of 8 feet.
What number sentence could you use to solve this problem?
What is the length of Angela’s new rug?
136 
8
Length = 17 feet
400
The perimeter of Ms. Eggert's garden is 150 feet.
The length of her garden is 50 feet.
What is the width of her garden?
150 - 50 (side) -50 (side) = 50 (leftover for 2 width sides)
50 
2 = 25 feet
The width of the garden is 25 feet.
500
Ms. Howe is buying a new rug for her living room. The area of her room is 23 feet long by 18 feet wide. How many square feet of rug does Ms. Howe need to buy?
What is the equation you could use?
23 x 18 =
Area = 414 square feet
500
A classroom has a length of 8 feet. The area of the classroom is 368 square feet. What is the width, in feet, of the classroom?
Write the equation you could use to solve this problem?
368 
8 =
Width = 46 feet