Perimeter of Polygons
Rectangles and Squares
Problem Solving
Definitions
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 sq ft
100
If you walk around the playground, you are walking around its...
Perimeter
200
A triangle has sides that measure 7 feet. All sides are congruent.  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
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

Sandra is making rectangular birthday party invitations for her upcoming birthday. Each invitation has a length of 4 inches and a width of 3 inches. She wants to put a ribbon border on the perimeter of each invitation. How many inches of ribbon will Sandra need to make 10 invitations?

140 inches
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
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 9 inches long and one side that is 7 inches long
63 inches
400

Nicolas is planting a rectangular vegetable garden. He needs to put a fence around the perimeter of the garden to keep bunnies from eating the vegetables. The dimensions of the garden are 12 feet by 9 feet. How many feet of fencing Nicolas needs to purchase to enclose his garden?

42 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
500

The perimeter of regular hexagon is 90 units. What is the length of one side of the hexagon?

15 units
500
A square has a total perimeter of 12 inches. What is the length of one of its sides?
3 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 quadrilateral with four right angles is 7 inches long. She added 7 four times and correctly calculated that the perimeter is 28 inches. What shape did calculate the perimeter of?
A square
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