AREA
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Shape Riddles
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Word Problems
100

what is the equation for area?


LxW=A
100

What is the equation for perimeter?

L+W+L+W

100

what has 4 sides and 4 right angles?


A square

100

Can you reduce 1/2 of a circle?

no

100

Sara went and bought 10 apple. She then ate three on the way home. How many apples does she have left? Which equation matches the story. 

a. 10x3=

b. 10/3=

c. 10-3=

d. 10+3=

c. 10-3=7

200

what is a squares area if they it is 4ft wide.

4x4=16 ft2

200

What is the perimeter of the shape that is a pentagon with each side that is 6 cm long?

6+6+6+6+6=30 cm

200

What has two parralle lines? 

a parallelogram 

200

Reduce 4/8 

1/4

200

Jimmy went for a walk around his house. He says that he walked a total of 12 feet because he walked 6 ft all the way around his square house. Is Jimmy right or wrong? 

Jimmy is wrong. If he walked 6 ft all 4 sides he would have walked 6+6+6+6= 24ft.

300

what is the area of a rectanlge with a length of 5cm and a width of 3cm?

5x3=15 cm 

300

What is the periemter of this shape?

here are the lengths of each side

3,5,2,6,7

23 

300

Who am I?

 I am a quadralateral.

I have one parrallel side. 

I have 2 acute angles and 2 obtuse angles. 

A Trapizod

300

Reduce 15/35

3/7

300

Which equation matches the story. 

Kelly decided she wanted to buy her whole class pencils. She has 12 students in her class. She bought a total of 120 pencils. How many pencils did each student get?

a. 12/120=

b. 120/12=

c. 120+12=

d. 120x12=

B. 120 divded by 12= 10 pencils each

400
If a hexagon has an AREA of 36ft2, then how long is each side worth? 


hint how many sides is a hexagon?

36/6=6 ft

400

Katy wants to make a fence around her garden. She has to find the periemeter to buy the fence. If her fence is 8 ft wide and 7 ft long. What is the perimeter?

8+7+8+7

16+14= 30ft

400

What shape has 3 sides with all acute angles?

A triangle

400

reduce 38/42

19/21

400

Mrs. Lane bought the whole elementary school ice cream. There are 22 students in each class. There are 6 classes total. How many ice cream sandwiches does she need to buy? 

22x6= 132 ice cream sandwiches

500
I have a yard with an area of 45 ft2. I decided I wanted to add a garden to my yard. The garden is 4ft wide and 6 ft long. How many ftwill my yard be in all? 

1. 6x4=24 ft2

2. 24+45= 69 ft2

500

Ms. Parker wants to paint her walls. She finds out the perimeter of the class is 67 ft. However she doesn't want to paint her door. The door is 6 ft wide. How much is Ms. Parker's perimeter without the door?

67-6=61 ft

500
what am I?


I have 8 sides.

I have all obtuse angles. 

I have more than 4 lines of semetery. 

octagon

500

Reduce 40/70

4/7

500

Which equation matches the story? Then solve. 

Ms. Parker bought beach balls. She has 14 students and each student got 2 beach balls. If she wanted to give students another beach ball each, how many beach balls would she have to buy? 

a. (14+2)-1

b. (14x3)-10

c. (14x2)+14

d. (2x3)+14

c. (14x2)+14 or (14x3)

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