Perimeter
Area of a Right Triangle
Appropriate Unit of Measure
Volume
Formulas
100
  • Sarah has a rectangular garden that is 8 meters long and 5 meters wide. What is the perimeter of her garden?

26 meters

100
  • Sarah has a triangular garden plot with a base of 6 meters and a height of 4 meters. What is the area of her garden plot?

12 squared meters

100

Emily is planning to fill her new rectangular swimming pool. The pool is 12 meters long, 6 meters wide, and 1.5 meters deep. She wants to know how much water it will take to fill the pool completely. Does Emily need to know the perimeter, area, or volume of the pool?

volume

100
  • A juice box is 10 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide, and 15 centimeters high. What is the volume of the juice box?

750 cubic cm

100

What is the formula for perimeter?

P = s+s+s+s

200
  • Mr. Lee wants to put a border around a rectangular bulletin board that is 10 meters long and 4 meters wide. What is the total length of the border he needs?

28 meters

200
  • A triangular flower bed in the park has a base of 10 meters and a height of 7 meters. What is the area of the flower bed?

35 squared meters

200

You are designing a rectangular playground area that measures 30 feet by 20 feet. What is the total length of the fence required to enclose the playground? Would you use perimeter, area, or volume to calculate the length of the fence?

perimeter

200
  • A rectangular swimming pool is 10 meters long, 5 meters wide, and 2 meters deep. What is the volume of the pool?

100 m3

200

What is the formula for area?

area= length x width

300
  • A school is building a rectangular playground that is 25 meters long and 18 meters wide. They need to put a fence around it. How much fencing material will they need?

86 meters


300
  • A triangular section of a construction site has a base of 15 meters and a height of 10 meters. What is the area of this section?

75 sq. meters

300

You are designing a rectangular playground area that measures 30 feet by 20 feet. What is the total length of the fence required to enclose the playground? Would you use perimeter, area, or volume to calculate the length of the fence?

area

300

Mrs. Smith is mailing a gift to her mother and wants to choose a box that will fit her gift. The box’s dimensions are 6 cm by 3 cm by 4 cm. What is the volume of the box?

72 cm3

300

What is the formula for volume?

V= length x width x height

400
  • A rectangular sports field is 30 meters long and 22 meters wide. They want to create a running track around the field. What is the total length of the track?

104 meters


400

What is the formula to find the area of a right triangle?

base x height divided by 2

400

Coldeez ice cream shop needs a new freezer. They need to know if the freezer can fit all of their ice cream in it. The freezer is 4 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 3 feet tall. What is the volume of the freezer?

24 ft3

400
  • Sarah has a fish tank that is 5 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 4 centimeters high. What is the volume of the fish tank?

60 cm3

400

What is the formula of a right triangle?

base x height divided by 2

500
  • A rectangular swimming pool is 15 meters long and 7 meters wide. The pool needs a deck around it. What is the total length of the deck's border?

44 meters

500
  • A farmer has a triangular plot of land with a base of 20 meters and a height of 14 meters. What is the area of the plot?

140 sq. meters

500
  • Mr. Lee is covering a rectangular bulletin board that is 10 meters long and 4 meters wide with paper. Should he calculate the perimeter, area, or volume?

area

500
  • Mr. Lee is packing a rectangular storage box that is 2 meters long, 1 meter wide, and 3 meters high. What is the volume of the storage box?

6 m3

500

What are some key words for perimeter?

fence, around, distance, total length around