A measure that tells how LONG something is...
Length
You need to give a cashier enough money to pay for an item which costs $1.83 (using only dollars). How many dollars will you give the cashier?
$2.00
Find the perimeter of a rectangle with a length of 2 inches, and a width of 1 inch.
Perimeter = 6 in
Find the area of a rectangle with a length of 2 inches and a width of 1 inch.
Area = 2in2
A measure that tells how WIDE something is...
Width
You need to give a cashier enough money to pay for an item which costs $2.72 (using only dollars). How many dollars will you give the cashier?
$3.00
Find the perimeter of a rectangle with a length of 3 inches, and a width of 1 inch.
Perimeter = 8 in
Find the area of a rectangle with a length of 3 inches and a width of 1 inch.
Area = 3in2
An amount of paper money that equals 100 cents...
Dollar
You need to give a cashier enough money to pay for an item which costs $3.99 (using only dollars). How many dollars will you give the cashier?
$4.00
Find the perimeter of a rectangle with a length of 3 feet, and a width of 2 feet.
Perimeter = 10 feet
Find the area of a rectangle with a length of 3 inches and a width of 2 inches.
Area = 6in2
The distance around something...
Perimeter
You need to give a cashier enough money to pay for an item which costs 7.01 (using only dollars). How many dollars will you give the cashier?
$8.00
Find the perimeter of a rectangle with a length of 2 inches, and a width of 4 inches.
Perimeter = 12 in
Find the area of a rectangle with a length of 4 feet and a width of 2 feet.
Area = 8ft2
A measure of the amount of space INSIDE a figure...
Area
You need to give a cashier enough money to pay for an item which costs $0.42 (using only dollars). How many dollars will you give the cashier?
$1.00
Find the perimeter of a square with a side length that is 3 inches.
Perimeter = 12 in
Find the area of a square with a side length that is 3 inches.
Area = 9in2