Area
What is the formula for area?
A = base x height
What is the formula for perimeter?
= base + height + base + height
Tom has a poster with a base of 50 cm and a height of 60 cm. He wants to put a wooden frame around the poster. What length of wood will Tom need to frame his poster?
220 cm
1300 m = ____ km
1.3 km
Base: 14 meters
Height: 7 meters
Area: ?
98 square meters
Base: 7 cm
Height: 17cm
Perimeter: ?
48 cm
Sally's pool has an area of 36 square meters. The base of the pool is 9 meters. What is the width of the pool table?
4 meters
5300 mm = _____ m
5.3 m
Base: 41 meters
Height: 23 meters
Area: ?
943 square meters
Base: 25 mm
Height: 19 mm
Perimeter: ?
88 mm
Ben is painting his room. He paints 3 walls. Each wall has dimensions of 1.3 x 8 meters. What is the total area that Ben has to paint?
10.4 square meters
What is the definition of perimeter?
The distance around a shape
7.2 km = _____ m
7200 m
Base: 12 meters
Height: ?
Area: 84 square meters
7 meters
Base: 15 mm
Height: ?
Perimeter: 56 mm
13 mm
Mike is taking measurements of different rooms in his house. The bonus room has an area of 72 square meters. The length of the room is 8 meters. What is the perimeter of the room?
34 meters
What is the definition of area?
the space an object takes up
546 mm = ____ cm
54.6 cm
Base: ?
Height: 8 meters
Area: 128 square meters
16 meters
Base: ?
Height: 17 mm
Perimeter: 78 mm
22 mm
Hannah and Sally are planting gardens. Hannah's garden is 2 x 8 meters. Sally's garden is 4 x 4 meters. They want to put fencing around their gardens. Who will need more fencing?
Hannah
What is different about units of area compared to units of perimeter?
Units of area are "square units"
6.5 km = _____ cm
650,000 cm