Word Problems
Figure A has dimensions of 4 feet by 6 feet. Figure B has dimensions of 3 feet by 8 feet. Do the figures have the same area or perimeter?
area
A unit square is a square where each side is 1 unit. What is the perimeter?
4 units
length = 12ft width = 4ft
32ft
length = 15cm width = 12cm
54cm
A rectangle has a perimeter of 36 cm. The width is 6cm. What is the length of the rectangle?
12cm
The perimeter of a rectangle is 42 cm. The length of the rectangle is 13 cm. What is the width?
8 cm
Sofia's bedroom rug has a perimeter of 50 feet. The length of the rug is 20 feet. What is the width of the rug?
5 feet
A square has a side length of 12 cm. What is the perimeter?
48 cm
The perimeter of a rectangle is 30 km. The length is 12 km. What is the width?
3 km
14. Mrs. Phillips measures the perimeter of a common shape. One side is 6 cm, and the perimeter is 18 cm. If all the sides are the same length, what shapes did Mrs. Phillips measure?
length=14 width=12
52units
A rectangle has a side length of 4 ft. The width is twice the size of the length. What is the perimeter?
24 feet
length = 20in. width = 19in.
78in.
9. A rectangular portrait is 4 feet high and 2 feet wide. It costs $2 per foot to put a metal frame around it. How much will the frame cost?
$24
What is the perimeter of a rectangle which has a width of 8 and a length that is double the width?
48 units
An equilateral triangle has a side length of 6 in. What is the perimeter?
18 inches
The perimeter of a square is 36 km. What are the lengths?
9km