Real World Use
Perimeter
Area
Multiplication Facts
Word Problems
100
What does perimeter measure?
The outside/around a shape.
100
A rectangular piece of cake is 9 centimeters long and 5 centimeters wide. What is the perimeter of the cake?
28 centimeters
100
Shanique is painting a square picture with 10 inch sides. What is the area of the picture?
40 square inches
100
7 x 9
63
100
What is the area and shape of an object with a height of 6 ft and a width of 6ft?
36 square feet; square
200
What does area measure?
The inside of a shape.
200
What is the perimeter of the tv?
84 inches
200
Lucy is counting the ceiling tiles in her gym. There are 46 rows of 9 tiles. How many tiles did she count?
414
200
8 x 6
48
200
What is the perimeter of a square with sides measuring 8 feet?
32 feet
300
To build a fence, I would measure...
perimeter
300
A rectangular table is 6 feet long and 4 feet wide. What is the perimeter of the table?
20 feet
300
Josh put a table that is 8 feet wide by 7 feet long. What is the area of the table?
56 square feet
300
12 x 5
60
300
Mrs. Juarez needs a new washer. The area for the washer is only 100 square inches. She found a washer that measures 10 inches wide and 15 inches long. Should she buy the washer? Please be ready to explain.
No, the washer will have an area of 150 square inches. It will be too big and will not fit.
400
Mrs. Malone needs to retile the baby's room. To find how much tile she needs to buy Mrs. Malone needs to know the...
area.
400
Jaimi is fencing in her garden. She know the perimeter is 48 feet. She has already fenced three sides each measuring 12 feet. How much more fence does she need to finish her garden? What is the shape of her garden?
12 feet; square
400
Sarah has a square garden. She wants to buy mulch to fill the garden. Each side measures 16 feet. How much mulch will she need?
64 square feet
400
4 x 8
32
400
Mrs. McEvoy wants her husband to build a chicken yard for our class project. She wants it to be 10 feet wide and 9 feet long. What will be the area of the yard? How much fencing will he need?
Area is 90 square feet;
He will need 38 feet of fencing for the perimeter.
500
The playground needs fixing. To determine how much cedar chips and fencing to buy, should you measure area or perimeter for each?
Area for the cedar chips.
Perimeter for the fence.
500
Terry is putting a border on a triangular picture frame. He needs 27 centimeters of trim. Two of the sides are 8 centimeters long. How long is the third side?
11 centimeters
500
Karen's grandma is making her a quilt using 1 square foot blocks. The quilt has 6 blocks in each row and 12 blocks in each column. What is the area of the quilt?
72 square feet
500
12 x 12
144
500
Mrs. Myers wants to add a new addition to the school. If the school already measures 2000 square feet, what will be the area of the school after adding the new 12 foot by 12 foot addition?
new addition will be 144 square feet,
making the school 2144 square feet.