VOCABULARY
The amount of space that an object covers.
What is the area?
Riley walked along the entire perimeter of a rectangular field measuring 10 meters by 8 meters to look for his lost keychain. How far does he walk?
What is 36 meters?
The distance around a figure or shape.
What is the perimeter?
The width of a rug is 4 feet. The length is 7 feet. How much floor space will the rug take up?
What is 28 square feet?
A polygon with four sides
What is a quadrilateral?
Ryan wraps tape around the top of a rectangular box measuring 30 cm by 18 cm. What is the length of the sticky tape he uses?
What is 96 cm?
A figure with at least 3 straight, closed sides
What is a polygon?
The width of a rectangular field is 50 m. The length is three times its width. What is the perimeter of the field?
What is 400 m?
When finding area, in feet, this is how you would label your answer.
What is square feet?
The length of a carpet is 4 times that of the width. If the width is 2 feet, what is the area of the carpet?
What is 16 square feet?