Perimeter of Polygons
Rectangles and Squares
Problem Solving
Area or Perimeter?
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100
What is the perimeter of a pentagon with equal sides of 5 feet?
25 feet
100

What is the perimeter of a 5 foot by 8 foot rectangle?

30 feet

100
Robert is building a dog house for his puppy. If the house measures 2 feet by 3 feet, what is the area of the house?
6 sq ft
100
If you walk around the playground, you are walking around its...
Perimeter
100

A rectangle has a width of 10 inches, and its area is 40 inches squared. What is the length of the rectangle?

4 inches

200

A triangle has sides that all measure 7 feet. What is the perimeter?

21 feet

200
What is the area of a rectangle that is 5 inches long and 9 inches tall?
45 inches
200
Jane wants to frame a picture that is 11 inches tall and 8 inches wide. How much wood would she need to frame the picture?
38 inches
200
Alex wants to know how much wood he needs to frame a picture. He should calculate for...
Perimeter
200

If the perimeter of a pentagon is 50cm, and each side is the same length, how long is each side?

10cm

300
Find the perimeter of an octagon with equal sides that measure 11 feet.
88 feet
300
One side of a square is 4 inches. What is the area of the square?
16 sq inches
300
A desk is three feet wide and two feet long. What is the total area of three desks put together?
18 sq ft
300
Sherry wants to know how many 1 foot by 1 foot tiles she needs to cover her bathroom floor. She should calculate for...
Area
300

If 2 shapes have the same perimeter, does that mean they have to look exactly the same? Draw a picture to prove your point.

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400
Find the perimeter of a hexagon that has equal sides of 14 mm
84 mm
400
Find the area of a rectangle with one side that is 5.5 inches long and one side that is 7 inches long
38.5 inches
400
James builds a room in his house that is 10 feet wide and 12 feet long. He adds on another room that is 10 feet wide and 9 feet long. The two rooms share a wall. What is the total perimeter for the two rooms put together?
62 feet
400
To figure out the length of a certain shape with a perimeter of 32 inches, Tim divided 32 into 8 equal parts. What shape does Tim have?
An octagon
400

Each desk in the room is 1 foot by 2 feet. If there are 20 desks in the room, what is the total area of all the desks?

40 square feet

500
An equilateral triangle has a perimeter of 24 inches. What is the length of one side of the triangle?
8 inches
500
A square has a total perimeter of 12 inches. What is the area of the square?
9 sq inches
500
A rectangle has a total perimeter of 32 cm. The rectangle is 10 cm long. What is the height of the rectangle?
6 cm
500
Lily knows that one side of a triangle is 7 inches long. She added 7 three times and correctly calculated that the perimeter is 21 inches. This kind of triangle is called...
An equilateral triangle
500

Draw a rectangle whose area and perimeter come out to the same number.

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