Area
Perimeter
Word Problems
100

A square has a side length of 7 inches. What is it's area?

49 in2

100

A square has a side length 8 ft. What is the perimeter?

32 ft. 

100

Maria is building a fence around her garden. If three sides need 19 ft. of fencing, and she needs a total of 24 ft. How many feet of fencing does she need for the last side?

5 ft. of fencing. 

200

A rectangle has a length of 9 and a width of 5. What is the area?

45

200

A rectangle has a length of 12 ft. and width of 4 ft. What is the perimeter?

32 ft. 

200

Donny just bought a new rug for his bedroom. If his bedroom has an area of 24 ft.2, and only 6 square feet of his bedroom is not covered by the rug, what is the area of the rug?

18 ft.2

300

A square has a side length of 25 cm. What is the area?

625 cm2

300

A rectangle has a length of 30 cm. and a width of 15 cm. What is the perimeter?

90 cm. 

300

Marco is growing strawberries in his backyard. If he can plant 1 strawberry bush for every 3 ft., how many strawberry bushes would he be able to plant if his backyard had an area of 36 square feet?

12 strawberry bushes

400
A rectangle has a length of 4 in. and a perimeter of 12 in. What is the area?

8 in2

400

A rectangle has a length of 9 in. and an area of 54 in2. What is the perimeter?

30 in. 

400

Cory just got a new puppy and needs to fence his backyard. If his backyard has an area of 25 square yards, how many yards of fencing would he need?

20 yds. of fencing

500

A rectangle has an area of 32 cm2. What could be it's length and width?

8 cm by 4 cm. 

500

A rectangle has a perimeter of 45 yds. The length is 13. What is the width?

11 yds. 

500

Holly is looking for someone to re-tile around her swimming pool. The whole area measures 13 ft. by 5 ft. The swimming pool takes up 11 ft. by 4 ft. What is the area of the space surrounding the pool?

21 square feet. 

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