Perimeter
Area
Perimeter Word Problems
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Word Problems
Composite figures
100

What is the distance around a two-dimensional shape?

perimeter

100

What is called when you find the number of square units that are needed to cover a 2-D figure?

Area

100

Aiden is walking around the entire football field.  The perimeter is 300 yards.  If the field is 100 yards long what is the width of the field?  

50 yards

100

Kasey built a dog house that measured 9 feet long and 4 feet wide.  What is the area of the rectangular dog house?

36 ft2

100

What is the area of this figure?

32 sq cm

200

Find the perimeter.

119 inches

200

Find the area of a rectangle with width 12in and length of 4 in.

48 in2

200

A piece of rectangular plywood was cut so its perimeter is 22 feet.  The length was 6 feet.  What is its width?

5 feet

200

A map of the world is 5 feet wide.  The area is 10 ft2.  How tall is the map? 

2 feet tall

200

What is the area of this figure?

84 sq cm

300

Find the perimeter. 

25 km

300

Find the area of a rectangle with height 10 inches and width 15 in.


150 in2

300

The school gym has a perimeter of 90 yards.  If it is 25 yards long, how wide is it?

20 yards

300

Albert's bedroom is shaped like a rectangle.  If the perimeter of the floor is 34 ft and the width of the floor is 10 feet, what is the area of the floor?

70 ft2

300

What is the perimeter of this figure?

68 meters

400

Find the perimeter.

20 cm

400

Find the area.

342 km2

400

Bill has a rectangular garden that has a perimeter of 100 feet and one side is 20 feet long. What is the length of the longer side of the garden?

30 feet.

400

A rectangular barn has a perimeter of 40 meters.  If one side is 6 meters long, what is the barn's area?

54 m2

400

What is the perimeter of this shape?

108 feet

500

Find the perimeter. 

36 units

500

Find the area.  (Hint: find the area of each shape, then add them together)

17 mi2

500

Ann's yard is 5 inches long and 7 inches wide.  John's yard is 8 inches long and 3 inches wide.  Who's yard has the longest perimeter?

Ann

500

A ceramic tile in the shape of a rectangle has a width of 4 inches and an area of 60 sq in.  

What is the length of the tile?  

What is the perimeter of the tile?

length = 15 in; 38 in

500

What is the perimeter of this figure?

38 cm