Real World Use
Perimeter
Area
Word...
100
What does perimeter measure?
What is the outside/around a shape.
100
A rectangular piece of cheese is 9 centimeters long and 5 centimeters wide. What is the perimeter of the cheese?
28 centimeters
100
Sarah is painting a square picture where each side measures 10 cm. How much paint will she need to cover the square picture?
100 cm2
100
What is the area of a shape if it has a height of 6 m and a width of 6 m?
36 m2
200
What does area measure?
The inside of a shape
200
What is the perimeter of the tv?
84 ft
200
Lucy is counting the ceiling tiles in her gym. There are 46 rows with 9 in each row. How many tiles are there in all?
414 tiles
200
What is the perimeter of a square with sides measuring 8 m?
32 m
300
To build a fence, I would measure...
perimeter
300
A rectangular table is 98 centimeters long 45 centimeters wide. What is the perimeter of the table?
286 centimeters
300
Karen's grandma is making her a quilt. The quilt has 6 square foot blocks with 12 square foot blocks in each row. What is the area of the quilt?
72 square feet
300
Mrs. Joni needs to get a new washer. However, she has to make sure the washer will fit in the small space that she has. If the area measures 100 in squared, will a washer that measure 10 in. in width and 15 in length fit? Please be ready to explain.
No, the washer will have to have an area of 150 in squared
400
Mr. Stimmell wants to buy carpet for a new tree house, what will he use to find how much carpet he needs to buy?
area
400
Sarah is putting a fence around her garden. She knows the perimeter is 48 metres. She has already fenced in three sides each measuring 12 metres. How much more fence does she need to finish fencing in her garden?
12 metres
400
Sarah has a square garden. She wants to buy mulch to fill the garden. She knows the sides are all 16 metres. How much mulch will she need?
64 m2
400
Mrs. Joni used a 16 cm yarn to make a square decoration? What is the measure of each side of the square?
4 cm
500
You are building a playground, and need to build a fence and put mulch inside of the fence. Will you have to measure for area or perimeter?
Area for the mulch
Perimeter for the fence.
500
Terry is putting trim around a triangular picture frame. He knows he needs 27 centimeters of trim. Two of the sides are both 8 centimeters long. How long is the third side?
11 centimeters
500
Josh put a table that is an area of 56 ft2 f. It is 7 feet long. How long is the table?
8 feet
500
Ms Olive will show the question.
20 cm