Perimeter of Polygons
Rectangles and Squares
Problem Solving
Definitions
100

What is the perimeter of a pentagon with equal sides of 5 metres?

25 metres

100

What is the perimeter of a rectangle with sides of 7 metres and 8 metres long?

30 metres

100

Robert is building a dog house for his puppy. If the house measures 2 metres by 3 metres, what is the area of the house?

6 sq metres

100

If you walk around the playground, you are walking around its...

Perimeter

200

An equilateral triangle has sides that measure 7 metres. What is the perimeter?

21 metres

200

What is the area of a rectangle that is 5cm long and 9cm tall?

45cm

200

Jane wants to frame a picture that is 11 centimetres tall and 8 centimetres wide. How much wood would she need to frame the picture?

38 cm

200

Alex wants to know how much wood he needs to frame a picture. He should calculate for...

Perimeter

300

Find the perimeter of an octagon with equal sides that measure 11 metres.

88 metres

300

One side of a square is 4cm. What is the area of the square?

16 sq centimetres

300

A desk is three metres wide and two metres long. What is the total area of three desks put together?

18 sq metres

300

Sherry wants to know how many 1 metre by 1 metre tiles she needs to cover her bathroom floor. She should calculate for...

Area

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 5.5cm long and one side that is 7cm long

38.5 cm

400

James builds a room in his house that is 10 metres wide and 12 metres long. He adds on another room that is 10 metres wide and 9 metres long. The two rooms share a wall. What is the total perimeter for the two rooms put together?

62 metres

400

To figure out the length of a certain shape with a perimeter of 32 centimetres, Tim divided 32 into 8 equal parts. What shape does Tim have?

An octagon

500

An equilateral triangle has a perimeter of 24 centimetres. What is the length of one side of the triangle?

8 centimetres

500

A square has a total perimeter of 12cm . What is the area of the square?

9 sq centimetres

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 cm long. She added 7 three times and correctly calculated that the perimeter is 21 cm. This kind of triangle is called...

An equilateral triangle

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