Real World Problems
What does perimeter measure?
What is the outside/around a shape.
A rectangle has a width of 3 inches. The area of the rectangle is 216 square inches. What is the length of the rectangle?
72 inches
Sarah is painting a picture where each side measures 12 inches. How much paint will she need to cover the square picture?
48 square feet
What is the area of a shape if it has the height of 6 ft and a width of 6ft?
36 square feet
What does area measure?
The inside of a shape
James wanted to fence in his back yard for his dog Remi. The yard has a length of 12 feet and a width of 4 feet. What is the area and perimeter of the fenced yard?
Area = 48 sq. ft.
Perimeter = 32 ft.
Mary is replacing the tile floor in her bathroom. The width of the tile floor is 2 feet. The length is 6 times as long as the width. What is the area of the tile floor?
24 square feet
What is the perimeter of a square with sides measuring 8 feet?
32 feet
To build a fence, I would measure...
perimeter
The picture shows a rectangular window with a length of 120 cm. The perimeter of the window is 400 cm. What is the width of the window?
80 centimeters
Karen's grandma is making her a quilt. The quilt has 6 square foot blocks with 12 square foot blocks in each row. What is the area of the quilt?
72 square feet
Mrs. Joni needs to get a new washer. However, she has to make sure the washer will fit in the small space that she has. If the area measures 100 in squared, will a washer that measure 10 in. in width and 15 in length fit? Please be ready to explain.
No, the washer will have to have an area of 150 in squared
A square baking pan has an area of 64 square inches. What is the width and the perimeter of the pan?
The width is 8 inches. The perimeter is 32 inches.
The lengths and widths of four rectangles are shown in the answer choices. Which rectangle has a perimeter of 44 meters?
length = 11 m
width = 11 m
Area is measured in…
square units
A dog pen is 4 feet wide. It is 3 times as long as it is wide. What is the perimeter of the dog pen?
32 feet
The 4th grade is planting a garden for a fundraiser at school. The garden has an area of 56 square feet. The length of one side is 7 feet. What is the width of the garden?
8 feet
Perimeter is measured in…
units
Josh put a table that is 8 feet wide by 7 feet long. What is the area of the table?
56 square feet
You want to build a sandbox with an area of 16 square feet. What is a possible length and width for the sandbox?
length 4 feet and width 4 feet