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What is Perimeter?
Perimeter is the distance around a figure.
Mr. Smith is building a rectangular sandbox for his kids. The box will measure 6 feet long and 4 feet wide. How much wood does he need to build a wooden border around the sandbox?
Mr. Smith needs 20 feet of wood to build a border.
Mr. Smith is building a rectangular sandbox for his kids. The box will measure 6 feet long and 4 feet wide. How much wood does he need to cover the sandbox to make a lid?
Mr. Smith will need 24 feet of wood to make a lid for the sand box.
4,182 + 3,213 = ?
7,395
What is area?
Area is the amount of space a two-dimensional figure takes up
Antonio needs wood to build a fence around the outside mini dog park for his pets. The dog park measures 4 feet by 9 feet. What is the total amount of wood Antonio needs to buy in order to have enough to build a fence for his pets outside?
Antonio needs 26 feet of wood for the fence.
There are 2 rectangles with a perimeter of 24 units. The area of each rectangle is different. What could be the length and width of each rectangle? Use words, pictures, and numbers to explain your thinking.
Rectangle One: 11 and 1
Rectangle Two: 6 for all sides
Rectangle Three: 8 and 4
5,826 - 3,192 = ?
2,634
Inches, centimeters, feet, miles pounds, ounces, and gallons are all examples of what?
Units of Measurement
Stephanie’s rectangular flower garden is 3 feet long and 4 feet wide. What is the perimeter of her flower garden?
The perimeter of Stephanie's garden is 14 feet.
Side one of a rectangle is 7 centimeters and side two is 3 centimeters. What is the area of the rectangle?
The area of the rectangle is 21 centimeters.
1,117
How can you find the perimeter of a figure?
By adding each side length together
Miguel glues a ribbon border around the edges of a 5 inch by 8 inch picture to create a frame. What is the total length of ribbon Miguel uses?
Miguel used a total length of 26 inches of ribbon.
Ms. Torres wants to get a rug for her new office. The rug she is looking at is 10 feet wide and 8 feet long. What is the area of her new rug?
Her new rug has an area of 80 feet.
826 - 231 - 163 = ?
432
How can you find the area of a figure?
Maya created a garden that was a hexagon. The hexagon had equal sides. She found the perimeter of her garden was 42 feet. What is the length of each side of her garden?
The length of each side of her garden is 7 feet.
George and Jane are in charge of making a banner for the basketball game this Saturday. How much poster paper will they need for a rectangular shaped banner with a height of 5 feet and a base of 12 feet?
George and Jane will need a rectangular banner with an area of 60 feet.
The third grade teachers all live different distances from Britt Elementary. Below is a table representing each teacher, and the distance they have to travel to make it to school. What is the total distance that the third grade teachers travel each morning?
Ms. Clemons = 26 miles
Ms. Williamson = 15 miles
Ms. Gabrielson = 23 miles
Ms. Stevens = 34 miles
Ms. Williams = 48 miles
In total, the third grade teachers travel a distance of 146 miles.