Finding Perimeter
Tom's backyard is a rectangle that is 15 feet long and 10 feet wide. What is the perimeter of the backyard?
15 + 15 + 10 + 10 = 50 feet
Lily's carpet is 6 feet long and 4 feet wide. What is the area of the carpet?
24 square feet
A rectangular swimming pool has a perimeter of 32 feet. Two sides are 10 feet long. How long are the remaining sides?
Each remaining side is 6 feet long
Emma has a rectangle garden that is 8 feet long and 5 feet wide. She wants to put a fence around the entire garden. How many feet of fencing does she need?
8 + 8 + 5 + 5 = 26 feet
Evelyn sews together a row of 10 quilt squares. The total length of the row is 50 inches. What is the length of each square?
5 inches per square
A rectangular soccer field is 40 meters long and 25 meters wide. How far would a player run if they ran around the entire field once?
40 + 40 + 25 + 25 = 130 meters
A rectangular wall is 9 meters long and 3 meters high. How many square meters of paint will be needed to cover the entire wall?
27 square meters
A rectangular garden bed has a perimeter of 24 meters. One side is 4 meters, another side is 6 meters, and another side is 4 meters. How long is the remaining side?
10 meters
A school is building a square playground that is 12 meters on each side. How many meters of fencing do they need to go all the way around?
Lee plants 6 plants. Each plant needs 8 inches of planting space. What is the total amount of planting space for all of the plants?
48 inches
A picture frame is 18 inches long and 12 inches wide. How many inches of wood are needed to make the frame?
18 + 18 + 12 + 12 = 60 inches
Emma is planting a square garden. Each side of the garden is 5 feet long. What is the area of the garden?
25 square feet
A square has a perimeter of 36 inches. What are the lengths of the sides?
9 inches each side, because 9 x 4 sides = 36 inches
James walks around a rectangular park that is 15 yards long and 10 yards wide. If he walks around it one time, how many yards does he walk?
15 + 15 + 10 + 10 = 50 yards
Amy plants 2 plants. The total amount of planting space she uses is 20 inches in all. How many inches of planting space does each plant need?
10 inches
A school playground is in the shape of a square. Each side is 20 yards long. What is the perimeter of the playground?
20 + 20 + 20 + 20 = 80 yards
A kitchen floor is shaped like a rectangle. It is 8 yards long and 7 yards wide. How many square yards of tile are needed to cover the floor?
56 square yards
A rectangular track has a perimeter of 50 yards. One side is 15 yards. What are the lengths of the missing sides?
Side 1 15
Side 2 15
Side 3 10
Side 4 10
Sophie is wrapping a rectangular gift box that is 9 inches long and 6 inches wide. She wants to put ribbon around the edges. How many inches of ribbon does she need?
9 + 9 + 6 + 6 = 30 inches
Jeff has wooden planks that are 4 feet long. He lays 6 planks end to end. What is the total length of the planks?
24 inches total
A rectangular tablecloth is 7 feet long and 4 feet wide. If Sally wants to sew a decorative trim around the edges, how many feet of trim does she need?
7 + 7 + 4 + 4 = 22 feet
A rectangular dining table is 10 feet long and 5 feet wide. How much space does the table cover?
50 square feet
A rectangular playground has a perimeter of 40 feet. One of its sides is 12 feet. How long as the missing sides?
Side 1 - 12 ft
Side 2 - 12 ft
Side 3 - 8 feet
Side 4 - 8 feet
A running track is shaped like a rectangle and measures 20 meters long and 10 meters wide. If a runner runs one lap around the track, how far do they run?
20 + 20 + 10 + 10 = 60 meters
30 inches total