Real World Use
Perimeter
Area
Word...
100
What does perimeter measure?
What is the outside/around a shape.
100
A rectangular piece of cheese is 9 centimeters long and 5 centimeters wide. What is the perimeter of the cheese?
28 centimeters
100
Sarah makes a decorative bookmark of size 2'' × 6'' for his teacher. Find the area of the bookmark.
12 square inches
100
What is the area of a shape if it has the height of 6 ft and a width of 6ft?
36 square feet
200
What does area measure?
The inside of a shape
200
What is the perimeter of the tv?
84 inches
200
Lucy designed a flag that measured 9 inches in length and 5 inches in width. Find the area of the flag.
45 square inches
200
What is the perimeter of a square with sides measuring 8 feet?
32 feet
300
To build a fence, I would measure...
perimeter
300
A rectangular table is 98 centimeters long 45 centimeters wide. What is the perimeter of the table?
286 centimeters
300
Karen's grandma is making her a quilt. The quilt has 6 square foot blocks with 12 square foot blocks in each row. What is the area of the quilt?
72 square feet
300
Mrs. Joni needs to get a new washer. However, she has to make sure the washer will fit in the small space that she has. If the area measures 100 in squared, will a washer that measure 10 in. in width and 15 in length fit? Please be ready to explain.
No, the washer will have to have an area of 150 in squared
400
Mr. Stimmell wants to buy carpet for a new tree house, what will he use to find how much carpet he needs to buy?
area
400
Sarah is putting fence around her garden. She know the perimeter is 48 feet. She has already fenced in three sides each measuring 12 feet. How much more fence does she need to finish fencing in her garden?
12 feet
400
Fran has a rectangular garden. She wants to buy mulch to fill the garden. She knows the sides are all 8 feet. How much mulch will she need?
64 square feet
400
Mrs. Joni wants her husband to build us a new tree house. She wants it to make it bigger and asks that he makes it 10 feet in width and 9 feet in height. What will be the area of the new tree house?
90 square feet
500
You are building a playground, and need to build a fence and put mulch inside of the fence. Will you have to measure for area or perimeter?
Area for the mulch
Perimeter for the fence.
500
Terry is putting trim around a rectangular picture frame. He knows he needs 32 centimeters of trim. Three of the sides are 8 centimeters long. How long is the fouth side?
8 centimeters
500
Josh put a table that is 8 feet wide by 7 feet long. What is the area of the table?
56 square feet
500
Ellen renovates the foyer of an old farmhouse. The foyer is 15 feet long and 8 feet wide. Calculate the area of the foyer.
120 square feet