Real World Use
Perimeter
Area
Multiplication Facts
Word Problems
100
What does perimeter measure?
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 picture where each side measures 12 inches. How much paint will she need to cover the square picture?
144 square feet
100
4 x 4 =
16
100
Mrs. Hunsinger wants a new pool to be put in beside the new school. She wants the pool to have a width of 20 feet and a length of 40 feet. What is the perimeter of the new pool that Mrs. Hunsinger wants?
120 feet
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 12 rows with 9 in each row. How many tiles are there in all?
108 tiles
200
7 x 7 =
49
200
Gabe and his mom are building a new playground in their backyard. The playground is supposed to take up a total of 108 square feet of their yard. If the length of the playground is 12 feet, what is the width of the playground? Please explain how you know.
9 feet because 108 divided by 12 equals 9.
300
To build a fence, I would measure...
perimeter
300
A rectangular table is 15 inches long and 7 inches wide. What is the perimeter of the table?
44 inches
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
5 x 9 =
45
300
Mrs. Gable 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 square inches, 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 square inches.
400
Mrs. Adams wants to buy a new carpet for the classroom. What will she use to find how much carpet she needs to buy?
area
400
Sarah is putting fence around her garden. She know the perimeter is 48 feet. She has already fenced in three sides, each measuring 12 feet. How much more fence does she need to finish fencing in her garden?
12 feet
400
Sarah has a square garden. She wants to buy mulch to fill the garden. She knows the sides are all 8 feet. How much mulch will she need?
64 square feet
400
12 x 11 =
132
400
Ms. Taylor wants her boyfriend to build her dogs a new dog house. She wants it to make it bigger and asks that he makes it 7 feet in width and 4 feet in height. What will be the area of the new dog house?
28 square feet
500
You are building a playground. You need to build a fence and put mulch inside of the fence. How will you figure out how much fence to buy and how much mulch you need?
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 8 feet wide by 7 feet long. What is the area of the table?
56 square feet
500
8 x 6 =
48
500
Mrs. Gerrells wants to add on a new addition to the school. If the school already measures 2000 feet squared, what will be the new area of the school if the new addition measures 12 feet in width and 12 feet in length?
2,144 square feet