Straight to the Point
Real-World Word Problems
Working Backward
The Perimeter Twist
Grid and Graph Paper
100

The area of a rectangle with a length of 7 inches and a width of 5 inches. 

What is 35 square inches? 

100

A twin bed mattress is 6 feet long and 3 feet wide. This is the total area the mattress covers. 

What is 18 square feet? 

100

A rectangle has an area of 24 square inches. If its width is 4 inches, this is the length. 

What is 6 inches? 

100

The area of a square whose perimeter is 20 inches.

What is 25 square inches? (Each side is 5; $5 \times 5 = 25$)

100

A rectangle drawn on grid paper is 4 squares wide and 5 squares tall. This is the total number of square units inside it.

What is 20 square units?

200

The area of a square sticky note that measures 4 centimeters on each side.

What is 16 square centimeters?

200

A farmer plants a square field of corn where each side measures 9 kilometers. This is the total area of the field. 

What is 81 square kilometers? 

200

A square garden has a total area of 49 square feet. This is the length of just one of its sides.

What is 7 feet? 

200

A rectangle has a width of 3 inches, and its length is exactly double its width. This is its total area.

What is 18 square inches? (Length is 6; $3 \times 6 = 18$)

200

A square drawn on graph paper covers 36 total grid squares. This is the length of one of its sides in units.

What is 6 units?

300

The area of a rectangular computer monitor that is 20 inches wide and 10 inches tall.

What is 200 square inches?

300

A baker rolls out a rectangular sheet of dough that is 12 inches long and 8 inches wide. This is its area. 

What is 96 square inches? 

300

The total area of a rectangular smartphone screen is 18 square inches. If it is 6 inches tall, this is how wide it is.

What is 3 inches?

300

The area of a square sticky note that has a total perimeter of 28 centimeters.

What is 49 square centimeters? (Each side is 7; $7 \times 7 = 49$)

300

On a coordinate plane, a square has corners at (0,0), (0,4), (4,4), and (4,0). This is its total area.

What is 16 square units?

400

The area of a square playground that has a side length of 12 meters.

What is 144 square meters?

400

A school rug is a square with a side length of 8 feet. This is the area available for students to sit on. 

What is 64 square feet? 

400

A square ceiling tile has an area of 100 square centimeters. This is the length of one side.

What is 10 centimeters?

400

A rectangle has a perimeter of 20 feet. If the length is 6 feet, this is its total area.

What is 24 square feet? (If length is 6, the two lengths equal 12. $20 - 12 = 8$ left for the two widths, making the width 4. $6 \times 4 = 24$)

400
A rectangle has a width of 23 and a length of 33. What is the area? 

What is 759? 

500

The area of a long, narrow hallway that measures 25 feet long and 3 feet wide.

What is 75 square feet?

500

A neighborhood pool is 20 meters long and 15 meters wide. This is the surface area of the water. 

What is 300 square meters? 

500

A rectangular yoga mat has an area of 1,200 square inches. If the mat is 20 inches wide, this is how long it is.

What is 60 inches?

500

A rectangle is 10 meters long. If its perimeter is 26 meters, this is its total area.

What is 30 square meters? (Two lengths equal 20. $26 - 20 = 6$ left for the two widths, making the width 3. $10 \times 3 = 30$)

500

The plot of land has a width of 35 cm and a length of 6 cm. What is the area? 

What is 210 square cm? 

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