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 picture where each side measures 7 inches. How much paint will she need to cover the square picture?
49 square feet
100
What is the area of a shape if it has the height of 6 ft and a width of 6ft?
36 square 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 6 rows with 9 in each row. How many tiles are there in all?
54 square feet
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 98 centimeters long 45 centimeters wide. What is the perimeter of the table?
286 centimeters
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
Mrs. Crisi wants to adopt a cow and she needs to see if she has enough yard for it. Her backyard is 8 yards wide and 10 yards long. Cows need at least 100 square yards of grass to eat. Does she have enough space?
No, Mrs. Crisi only has 80 square yards and cows need 100 square yards (Sorry Mrs. Crisi!)
400
Miss Graham wants to buy carpet for a new tree house, what will she use to find how much carpet she needs to buy?
Area
400
Mrs. Schweikert is putting fence around her garden. She knows 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
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
400
Miss Gettle and Hoagie do laps around her block (which is a rectangle). Her block is 12 yards long and 15 yards wide. How many yards does Hoagie and Miss Gettle run?
54 yards
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
Sarah has a square garden. She wants to buy mulch to fill the garden. She knows the sides are all 11 feet. How much mulch will she need?
121 square feet
500
Mrs. Gordon is installing an indoor ice rink at her house for her son, Colin. The ice needs to be 40 square yards. What dimensions (Length and Width) could she make the rink?
Option 1: 4 yards by 10 yards
Option 2 : 5 yards by 8 yards
Option 3: 2 yards by 20 yards