Area
Perimeter
Word Problems
Vocabulary
Multiply
100
What is the formula for area?
A = length x width
100
What is the formula for perimeter?
= length + width + length + width
100

Tom has a poster with a length of 5 feet and a width of 3 feet. He wants to put a wooden frame around the poster. What length of wood will Tom need to frame his poster?

15 feet

100
What type of math do you use for a perimeter problem?
Addition
100

40 x 3

120

200
Length: 14 meters Width: 7 meters Area: ?
98 square meters
200
Length: 7 feet Width: 17 feet Perimeter: ?
48 feet
200

Sally's pool table has an area of 36 square feet. The length of the pool table is 9 feet. What is the width of the pool table?

4 feet

200
What type of math do you use for an area problem?
Multiplication
200

5 x 439

2195

300

Length: 41 meters Width: 5 meters Area: ?

205 square meters

300
Length: 25 feet Width: 19 feet Perimeter: ?
88 feet
300

Ben is painting his room. He paints 3 walls. Each wall has dimensions of 13 x 8 feet. What is the total area that Ben has to paint?

312 square feet

300
What is the definition of perimeter?
300

50 x 40

2000

400

Length: 12 meters Width: ? Area: 120 square meters

10 meters

400
Length: 15 feet Width: ? Perimeter: 56 feet
13 feet
400

There were fourteen friends playing a video game online when five more players joined the game. If each player had nine lives, how many lives did they have total?

171

400
What is the definition of area?
400

6 x 1931

11,586

500
Length: ? Width: 8 meters Area: 128 square meters
16 meters
500
Length: ? Width: 17 feet Perimeter: 78 feet
22 feet
500

Nickolas earned $10 for each lawn he mowed. If he had 15 lawns to mow, but forgot to mow two of them, how much money did he actually earn?

$130

500
What is different about units of area compared to units of perimeter?
Units of area are "square units"
500

8 x 6,856

54,848