Awesome Area Problems
Lena has a rectangular garden in her backyard. The garden is 8 feet long and 5 feet wide.
Question:
What is the area of Lena’s garden in square feet?
Sofia is planting flowers along the edge of her rectangular garden. The garden is 10 feet long and 6 feet wide.
Question:
What is the perimeter of Sofia’s garden?
32 feet
I have four sides and four corners.
All my sides are the same length, and all my angles are right angles.
I am a special kind of rectangle…
Square
Which type of triangle is this?
sides are 14 cm, 14 cm, and 15 cm
Isosceles Triangle
How do you know a square and rectangle have perpendicular lines?
Answers may vary
Marcus is laying a rectangular rug in his bedroom. The rug is 6 feet long and 4 feet wide.
Question:
What is the area of the rug in square feet?
24 square feet
A rectangular basketball court is 15 meters long and 8 meters wide.
Question:
What is the perimeter of the basketball court?
46 meters
I have four sides and four corners.
Only two of my sides are parallel.
I am not a rectangle or a square, but I can still stand tall.
Trapezoid
Which type of triangle is this?
sides are 10 cm, 10 cm, and 10 cm
Equilateral Triangle
Maddy is putting a square fence around her garden. One side of her square garden is 5 feet. How much fencing does she need to put around her garden?
20 feet
A rectangular playground is 9 meters long and 7 meters wide.
Question:
What is the area of the playground in square meters?
63 square feet
A rectangular playground has a perimeter of 36 meters. The length of the playground is 10 meters.
Question:
What is the width of the playground?
8 meters
Which two shapes have perpendicular lines?
Square and Rectangle
Which type of triangle has exactly ONE right angle?
Right
Maddy is putting a square fence around her garden. One side of her square garden is 5 feet.What is the area of her garden?
25 feet
A rectangular bulletin board has an area of 24 square feet. The length of the bulletin board is 6 feet.
Question:
What is the width of the bulletin board?
4 feet
A rectangular garden has a perimeter of 50 feet. The width of the garden is 12 feet.
Question:
What is the length of the garden?
13 feet
Mr. Bostic draws a shape
* all sides are congruent
* opposite sides are parallel
* no right angles
Which shape did I draw?
Rhombus
Which type of triangle has no equal sides?
equilateral
scalene
isoceles
scale
Match
1. Right angle
2. Acute angle
3. Obtuse angle
a. An angle that is 90 degrees.
b. An angle that is greater than 90 degrees.
c. An angle that is less than 90 degrees.
1. A
2. C
3. B
A rectangular picnic table cover has an area of 30 square feet. The width of the table is 5 feet.
Question:
What is the length of the table cover?
6 feet
A rectangular classroom has a perimeter of 40 meters. The length of the classroom is 12 meters.
Question:
What is the width of the classroom?
8 meters
List all names for a square
square
rhombus
rectangle
parallelogram
quadrilateral
Which type of triangle has one angle greater than 90 degrees?
Obtuse
1. Scalene Triangle
2. Isosceles Triangle
3. Equilateral Triangle
a. Triangle with no equal sides or angles.
b. Triangle with 2 equal sides.
c. Triangle with all equal sides.
1. a
2. b
3. c