Vocabulary and Formulas
Perimeter
Area of Squares or Rectangles
Area or Perimeter??
Word Problem Wonderland
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What is perimeter?
The distance around the outside of a shape.
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A square has side length 4 cm. What is the perimeter?
16 cm
4 + 4 + 4 = 16 cm
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A square has side length 5 cm. What is the area?
area = l X w
area = 5X5
area = 25 cm2
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A square has a side length of 10 inches. What is the area?
area = amount inside the shape
area = l X w
area = 10 X 10 = 100in2
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You are putting fencing AROUND a square garden with sides of 6 ft. How much fencing do you need?
perimeter = l + l + w + w
6 + 6 + 6 + 6 = 24ft
200
How do you solve for perimeter?
You add up all the distances of the sides.
l + l + w + w = perimeter
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A square has a side length of 12 m. What is the perimeter?
48 m
12 + 12 + 12 + 12 = 48 m
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A rectangle has length 7 in and width 6 in. What is the area?
area = l X w
area = 6 X 7
area =42 in2
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A square has a side length of 7 cm. What is the perimeter?
Perimeter = distance AROUND the OUTSIDE of the shape
7 + 7 + 7 + 7 = 28 cm
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A rectangular classroom rug is 12 ft long and 10 ft wide. What is the area of the rug?
area = l X w
area = 12 X 10
area = 120 ft2
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What is area?
The amount of space inside a shape.
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A rectangle has length 8 in and width 3 in. What is the perimeter?
8 + 8 + 3 + 3 = 22in
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A square has side length 13 m. What is the area?
area = l X w
area =13 X 13
area= 169m2
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A square has a side length of 10 inches. What is the area?
area = l X w
area = 10 X 10
area = 100in2
300
A square poster has side lengths of 9 inches. What is the area of the poster?
area = l X w
area = 9 X 9
area = 81 in2
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How do you solve for area of a rectangle or square?
You multiply the length X width
A = length X width
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A rectangle has length 14 ft and width ft. What is the perimeter?
14 + 14 + 6 + 6 = 40 ft
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A rectangle has a width of 20 m and a length of 32 m. What is the area of the rectangle?
area = l X w
area = 20 X 32
area = 640 m2
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A rectangle is 13 ft long and 6 ft wide. What is the perimeter? AND what is the area?
Perimeter = around the outside of the shape
perimeter = 13 + 13 + 6 + 6
perimeter = 38ft
area = l X w
area = 13 x 6
area =78ft2
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A rectangular playground is 25 m long and 14 m wide. How far is it AROUND the playground?
around = perimeter
25 + 25 + 14 + 14 =128m
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What is the difference between area and perimeter?
Area is the space inside a shape and the perimeter is the distance around the shape.
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A rectangle has the side lengths measuring 5.5ft wide and 13 ft long. What is the perimeter of she rectangle?
13+13+5.5+5.5=37 ft
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A rectangle has a width of 1.8 m and a length of 3.6 m. What is the area of the rectangle?
area = l X w
area = 3.6 X 1.8
area = 6.48 m2
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A rectangle has a length of 9 m and a width of 4 m. What is the area? AND What is the perimeter?
area = l X w
area = 9 X 4
area = 36m2
perimeter = 9 + 9 + 4 + 4
perimeter = 26m
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A rectangular poster is 14 inches long and 5 inches wide. What is its area?
area = l X w
area = 14 X 5
area = 70 in2