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

The was a farmer who was trying to fence his pasture in but it had a weird shape. It had 8 sides. Two of the sides are 4 m, one is 8 m, two are  26 m, and three are 14 m. How much fence does the farmer need?

The farmer needs 110 meters of fencing. 

100

The number of square units needed to cover a surface without any gaps or overlaps

What is area?

100

the distance around a closed, two-dimensional figure

What is perimeter?

200

Length: 3 times the width

Width: 3 ft

Area:_______

(Hint: make sure to write the correct units)

27 sq ft.

200

Length: 5 units

Width: 3 units 

Perimeter: _______

(Hint: remember to write the correct unit)

16 units

200

Nachel measures her rectanglular bedroom ceiling and determines she needs 48 feet of wallpaper border around the ceiling. If the length of Nachele's ceiling is 14 ft, what is the width?

10 ft.

200

A mathematical rule expressed in numbers and symbols

What is formula?

200

a drawing, diagram, or smaller version of something that represents the actual object

What is a model?

300

Draw a rectangle.

One side is 18 in. the other is 3 in.

What is the area?

The area of the rectangle is 54 square inches.


300

One side of the square garden is 15 yd. 

What is the perimeter of the garden?

The perimeter of the garden is 60 yards. 

300

Every evening Mrs. Syverson walks around a square block in Henrietta 1 time. What formula could be used to help her find out how far she walks?


BONUS: Double Point Reward:

What if she walks around the square block four times?

P= 4s

P= 4(4s) or 4 x 4s


300

measurement of a geometric shape in one direction

What is dimension?

300

A special rectangle that with four congruent sides

What is a square?

400

Find the dimension of the unknown side if the length is 9 inches and the area is 36 square inches.

(Hint: Answer in a complete sentence and explain your reasoning.)

The unknown side is 4 inches. I know this because the formula for area is A= l x w and 9 x 4= 36 sq. in. 

400

What would the perimeter of a rectangle with the side dimensions of 26 cm and 172 cm be?

The perimeter of the rectanlge would be 396 cm.

400

Liam's dad built a wooden deck in the backyard. The rest of the yard is planted with grass. The backyard has a length of 15 meters and a width of 10 m. The deck's length measures 10 meters and its width measures (length-4). What is the area planted with grass?

90 sq meters

400

One of the line segments that forms a polygon

What is side?

400

A parallelogram with four right angles

What is a rectangle?

500

Mrs. Brooke thinks that the floor in her home is a drab and wants add a rug that is 12 ft by 4 ft. The living room is 26 ft x 3 ft. Will the rug fit in the space that she is trying to put it in? Explain your reasoning.  

The rug has a surface area of 48 square feet.

The living room has a surface area of 78 square feet. 

So, because the living room has a larger surface area than the rug, the rug will fit into the space. 

500

Damon's parents want to get a new fence for his new puppy. The dimensions of the new fence must be 

(2 x 100) + (8 x 10) + (4 x 1) ft. by (6 x 100) + (4 x 10) + (9 x 1).

How much fencing does Damon's parents need to purchase?


BONUS: TRIPLE POINTS: 

Write answer in expanded notation, expanded form, word form, unit form, and standard form. 

Damon's parents need to purchase 1,866 ft. of fencing.

BONUS: TRIPLE POINTS:

(1 x 1,000)+(8 x 100) + (6 x 10) + (6 x 1),

1,000 + 800 + 60 + 6

one-thousand, eight hundred sixty-six

1 thousands 8 hundreds 6 tens 6 ones

 1,866 ft.

500

Basketball court: Length: 28 ft Width: 15 ft

Volleyball Court: Length: 18 ft Width: 9 ft

Badmiton: Length: 9 ft Width: 6 ft

Find the area AND perimeter for each court the olympics uses during the games. 

86 ft / 420 sq ft

54 ft/ 162 sq ft

38ft/ 78 sq ft

500

a square with side length of one unit that is used to measure area

What is a square unit?

500

_______is the measure or distance across something from one side to the other.

_______is the distance from one end of an object to the other end.

What is the width?

What is the length?