Parallelograms
Triangles & Trapezoids
Rectangles
Problem Solving
Mystery Bag!
100

What is the area of a rectangle that is 5 inches long and 9 inches tall?


45 inches

100

Find the area of the following triangle:


30 sq. un.

100

What is the perimeter of a square with a side that measures 5 in.?

20 in2

100

If you walk around the playground, you are walking around its... perimeter or area?

Perimeter

100



200

What is the area AND perimeter of this parallelogram?

A = 28 sq. un.

P = 24 sq. un.

200

Find the area AND perimeter of the following triangle:


A = 24 sq. un.

P = 26 un.

200

Random Trivia: In which state can you experience the highest point in the contiguous Untied States and the lowest?

a. Maine

b. Colorado 

c. California

California (Highest - Mt. Whitney, Lowest - Death Valley)

200

A rectangle has a total perimeter of 32 cm. The rectangle is 10 cm long. What is the height of the rectangle?

6 cm

200

3:10::9:a

What is the value of a?

a = 30

300

A square has a total perimeter of 12 inches. What is the area of the square?

9 sq. inches

300

Find the area AND perimeter of the following trapezoid: 

A = 28 sq. un.

P = 26 sq. un.

300
What is the area of a rectangle that has a length of 14 cm and a width of 12 cm?

A = 168 cm2

300

Sherry wants to know how many 1 foot by 1 foot tiles she needs to cover her bathroom floor. Should she find the area or perimeter of her bathroom? 

Area

300

Mrs. Tucker's math students completed 50 homework problems in 5 days. They completed the same number of homework problems each day. What is their unit rate?

10 homework problems per day

400

Random Trivia: What is the technical name for the hashtag symbol (#)?

a. snarfblat

b. octothorpe

c. diademis

b. octothorpe

400

Find the area AND perimeter of the following trapezoid:


A = 140 cm. sq.

P = 55 cm.

400

A rectangle has the length of 9 ft. and an area of 72 ft2, what is the width?

8 ft.

400

James builds a room in his house that is 10 feet wide and 12 feet long. He adds on another room that is 10 feet wide and 9 feet long. The two rooms share a wall. What is the total perimeter for the two rooms put together?

62 feet

400

Mrs. Summers drives at a constant rate of 55 miles per hour for 2 hours. How far does she drive?

110 miles

500

Billy says the area of this parallelogram is 105 square cm. Explain why is either correct or incorrect. 


Incorrect, he used the side length rather than the height. The correct are would be 15x5= 75 square cm.

500

The area of a given triangle is 40 sq. in. The height of the triangle is 20 in. What is the length of the base? 

b = 4 inches

500

I am making a quilt 10 blue squares and 10 white squares.  Each square is the same size and has a side of 4 in.  What is the area of the blue squares?


160 in.2

500

Lily knows that the base of a triangle is 6 inches. The other two sides are 7 inches long. Lily calculates the area to be (6x7)/2 = 21 inches squared. Is she correct? Why or why not? 

Hint: Draw a picture to represent her triangle.

She is incorrect. Lily needs to use the height of the triangle, instead of the side length, to find the area. 

500

Random Trivia: Apple pie did not originate in America! Where did it originate? 

a. France

b. Turkey

c. England

c. England

M
e
n
u