Perimeter of Polygons
Rectangles and Squares
Problem Solving
Perimeter or Area?
100
What is the perimeter of a pentagon with equal sides of 5 feet?
25 feet
100
What is the perimeter of a rectangle with sides of 7 feet and 8 feet long?
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 ft2
100
If you walk around the playground, you are walking around its... perimeter or area?
Perimeter
200
An equilateral triangle has sides that measure 7 feet. What is the perimeter?
21 feet
200
One side of a square is 4 cm. What is the area of the square?
16 cm2
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 or area?
Perimeter
300
Find the perimeter of a regular octagon with sides that measure 11 feet.
88 feet
300
A square has a total perimeter of 12 feet. What is the area of the square?
9 ft2
9 feet2
300
A desk is three feet wide and two feet long. What is the total area of three desks put together?
18 ft2
300
Sherry wants to know how many 1 foot by 1 foot tiles she needs to cover her bathroom floor. She should calculate for... perimeter or area?
Area
400
Find the perimeter of a regular hexagon that has equal sides of 14 mm.
84 mm
400
Find the area of a rectangle with one side that is 5.5 mm long and one side that is 7 mm long.
38.5 mm2
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 inches into 8 equal parts. What shape does Tim have?
octagon
500
An equilateral triangle has a perimeter of 24 inches. What is the length of one side of the triangle?
8 inches
500
What is the perimeter of a rectangle that is 5 1/2 m long and 9 1/2 m tall?
30 m
500
A rectangle has a total perimeter of 32 cm. The rectangle is 10 cm long. What is the width 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...
equilateral triangle