Missing Sides
Area and Perimeter 1
Area and Perimeter 2
Area and Perimeter 3
Area and Perimeter Word Problems
100
Mr. Sim’s yard has 4 sides.
• The distance around the yard is 176 feet.
• Three sides of his yard measure 48 feet, 37 feet, and 56 feet.
What is the length of the fourth side?
48+37+56= 141
176-141= 35
100
Area:
Perimeter:
Area: 4 x 5 = 20
Perimeter: 4+5+4+5 = 18
100
Find the area of the figure below.
96 square units
100
Some paint spilled on Amina’s rectangle before she could count all the squares. What is the area of Amina’s rectangle? Explain to Amina how you can find the area without counting all the squares.
5 x 3= 15
Amina can find the area of the rectangle by multiplying width times length.
100
A rectangular countertop is 3 feet long and 9 feet wide. What is the area and perimeter of the countertop?
3+9+3+9= 24 feet
200
Eugene is making a triangular garden. She wants to build a fence around it. She used a total of 76 feet of fencing. 2 of the side lengths were 19 feet and 31 feet. How long is the third side?
19+19+31= 69 feet
76 - 69= 7 feet
200
Michaela ordered a rug for her bedroom. The rug is 7 feet wide and 6 feet long. What is the area of her rug?
7 x 6= 42 feet sq.
200
Juan has to mow a lawn that is 12 yards wide and 4 yards long. What is the area of the yard he has to mow?
12x4= 48 yards
200
What is the area of a rectangle with a perimeter of 28 feet and a length of 9 feet?
45 sq. feet
200
Susan is putting a fence around a new playground. She used 20 feet of fencing. What is one possible drawing of her playground? Include the length and width.
4 x 5= 20
300
Eli has a garden shaped like a triangle with equal length sides. The perimeter of Eli’s garden is 18 feet. What is the length of one side of his garden?
P=18 feet
18/3= 6 feet
300
Area:
Perimeter:
Area: 7 x 9= 63
Perimeter: 9+7+9+7= 32
300
Find the perimeter of the figure below.
8+12+8+12=40
300
Mia said that Figure Q and Figure R have equal areas and equal perimeters. She supported her thinking by saying that any two figures with the same area always have the same perimeter. Is she right?
NO
Figure Q:
Area= 3 x 4= 12 sq. feet
Perimeter = 3+4+3+4= 14 feet
Figure R
Area: 2 x 6 = 12 sq. feet
Perimeter: 2+6+2+6= 16 feet
300
Rosita is building a chicken coop for her backyard. She needs it to have an area of 45 feet. The length of the coop is 9 feet. What is the width?
45/9= 5 feet
400
Shazir is building a fence around his rectangular pasture. He used a total of 76 feet of fencing. One of the sides is 20 feet. What is the length of the other side?
20+20+18+18= 76
76-40= 36 feet
36/2=18
400
Tyler is putting a fence in his rectangular backyard. His backyard is 45 feet long and 37 feet wide. How many feet of fence will he need?
45+37+45+37= 164 feet
400
Chen is sewing curtains for a school theater. It has an area of 27 feet. It is 9 feet wide. How long are the curtains?
27/9 = 3 feet
400
What is the area of a rectangle with a perimeter of 18 feet and a width of 4 feet?
20 square units
400
Each side of a square piece of tissue paper is 7 centimeters long. What is the area and perimeter of the tissue paper?
Area: 7x7= 49 centimeters sq.
Perimeter: 7+7+7+7= 28 centimeters
500
48/6= 8 feet
28-12=16 inches
500
A video game map has a total area of 18 square inches. What are possible dimensions of the map?
There are 2 answers for this question.
9 x 2= 18
3 x 6= 18
500
A movie poster has a length of 11 feet and a width of 6 feet. What is the perimeter of the poster?
11+6+11+6 = 34 feet
500
What is the perimeter of a rectangle with an area of 18 feet and a length of 6 feet?
18 feet
500
Ms. B has a teacher desk with a length of 4 feet and width of 2 feet. She wants to know if her new paper holder will fit on her desk.
The bottom of her paper holder has a length of 3 foot and a width of 2 feet. Will her new paper holder fit on her desk? Why or Why not?
4 x 2= 8 feet
3 x 2= 6 feet
Yes, Ms. B's paper holder will fit because the area of the desk is 8 feet and the area of the paper holder is 6 feet. She will have 2 feet left over.