Area All Stars
What is the formula for the area of a rectangle?
A = length × width
What is the formula for the perimeter of a rectangle?
P = L + W + L + W or P = 2(L +W)
A rectangle has an area of 36 square units. One side is 6 units. What is the missing side?
6 units
A picture frame is 10 in by 8 in. What is the area of the photo?
80 square inches
Which would you find if you are covering a wall with paint: area or perimeter?
Area
A rectangle has a length of 14 cm and width of 6 cm. What is the area?
84 square centimeters
A playground is 20 ft long and 15 ft wide. What is the perimeter?
70 feet
Area = 45 sq ft. Width = 5 ft. What is the length?
9 ft
A rectangular yard is 40 ft long and 25 ft wide. What is the total distance around the yard?
130 feet
Which would you find if you are putting a border around a bulletin board?
Perimeter
A garden is 25 ft long and 18 ft wide. What is the area?
450 square feet
A rectangle has a length of 13 in and width of 9 in. What is the perimeter?
44 inches
Perimeter = 30 cm. The length is 8 cm. What is the width side?
7 cm
A tile floor measures 15 ft by 12 ft. How many square feet of tile are needed?
180 square feet
You are buying carpet for a room. What do you need?
Area
A classroom rug is 12.5 ft long and 9.3 ft wide. What is the area?
116.25 square feet
A dog pen is 32.5 ft long and 18.75 ft wide. How much fencing is needed to go all the way around the pen?
Perimeter = 102.5 feet of fencing
Area = 72 sq in. Length = 6 in. What is the width?
12 in
A rectangle has a perimeter of 48.6 ft. The width is 10.2 ft. What is the length?
14.1 ft
You are putting Christmas lights around your house. What do you need?
Perimeter
A rectangle has a length of 8 1/2 ft and a width of 5 3/4 ft. What is the area?
48 7/8 square feet
A soccer field practice area is 25 1/2 m long and 18 2/3 m wide. What is the perimeter?
88 1/3 meters
Perimeter = 54 1/2 ft. Length = 16 2/3 ft. What is the width?
10 7/12 ft
A farmer wants to build a rectangular fence with a perimeter of 60 1/2 meters. If the width is 10 1/4 meters, what is the length?
20 meters
You are building a rectangular sandbox that must hold 72 square feet of sand. If length is 9 feet, what is the width side?
8 feet