What is the formula for area?
Area = length x width
What is the formula for perimeter?
Add up all the sides!
Tom has a poster with a length of 5 feet and a width of 3 feet. He wants to put a wooden frame around the poster. What length of wood will Tom need to frame his poster?
16 feet
What type of math do you use for a perimeter problem?
Addition
Length: 6 meters Width: 7 meters Area: ?
42 square meters
Length: 7 feet Width: 11 feet Perimeter: ?
36 feet
One side of Sally's garden is 6 feet long. The width of her garden is 3 feet long. What is the area of Sally's garden?
18 square feet
What type of math do you use for an area problem?
Multiplication
Length: 8 meters Width: 12 meters Area: ?
96 square meters
Length: 9 feet Width: 4 feet Perimeter: ?
26 feet
Mrs. Becerra wants to put a rug in her classroom. The rug is 8 feet long and 5 feet wide. What is the area of the rug?
40 square feet
What is the definition of perimeter?
Measurement of the distance around an object