Area & Perimeter Jeopardy

Area

100

What is the formula for area?

A = length x width

200

Length: 11 meters Width: 7 meters Area: ?

77 square meters

300

Length: 9 metres Width: 8 metres Area: ?

 72 square metres

400

Length: 12 metres Width: ? Area: 84 square metres

7 metres

500

Length: ? Width: 8 meters Area: 96 square metres

12 meters

Perimeter

100

What is the formula for perimeter?

= length + width + length + width

200

Length: 7 meters 

Width: 2 meters 

Perimeter: ?

18 meters 

300

Length: 10 meters Width: 9 meters Perimeter: ?

38 meters

400

Length: 12 meters Width: ? Perimeter: 42 meters

9 meters

500

Length: ? Width: 7 meters Perimeter: 38 meters

12 meters

Area or Perimeter

100

Correct or incorrect?

Length = 8cm

Width = 5cm

Answer = 36cm

Perimeter

200

Correct or incorrect?

Length = 10m

Width = 8m

Answer = 80m²

Area

300

Correct or incorrect

Length = 5cm

Width = 5cm

Answer = 25cm²

Area

400

Correct or incorrect

Length = 8cm

Width = 5cm

Perimeter = 36cm²

Incorrect

Perimeter = 36cm

500

Correct or incorrect

Length = 12m

Width = 4cm

Area= 48cm²

Correct

Vocabulary

100

What type of math do you use for a perimeter problem?

Addition

200

What type of math do you use for an area problem?

Multiplication

300

What is the definition of perimeter?

The distance around the outside of a 2D shape

400

What is the definition of area?

the space a 2D shape takes up

500

What is different about units of area compared to units of perimeter?

Units of area are "square units"

Word Problems

100

Tom has a poster with a length of 5m and a width of 3m. He wants to put a wooden frame around the poster. What length of wood will Tom need to frame his poster?

16m

200

Sally's pool table has an area of 36 square meters. The length of the pool table is 9 meters. What is the width of the pool table?

4 meters

300

Ben is painting his room. He paints 3 walls. Each wall has dimensions of 8 x 4 centimeters. What is the total area that Ben has to paint?

96 square centimeters

400

Mike is taking measurements of different rooms in his house. The bonus room has an area of 72 square meters. The length of the room is 8 meters. What is the perimeter of the room?

34 meters

500

Hannah and Sally are planting gardens. Hannah's garden is 2 x 8 meters long. Sally's garden is 4 x 4 meters long. They want to put fencing around their gardens. Who will need more fencing?

Hannah