Rectangles and Squares
Problem Solving
Definitions
Formula for Area
100
What is the perimeter of a rectangle with sides of 7 feet and 8 feet long?
30 feet
100
Robert is building a dog house for his puppy. If the house measures 2 feet by 3 feet, what is the area of the house?
6 sq ft
100
If you walk around the playground, you are walking around its...
Perimeter
200
What is the area of a rectangle that is 5 inches long and 9 inches tall?
45 inches
200
Jane wants to frame a picture that is 11 inches tall and 8 inches wide. How much wood would she need to frame the picture?
38 inches
200
Alex wants to know how much wood he needs to frame a picture. He should calculate for...
Perimeter
300
One side of a square is 4 inches. What is the area of the square?
16 sq inches
300
A desk is three feet wide and two feet long. What is the total area of three desks put together?
18 sq ft
300
Sherry wants to know how many 1 foot by 1 foot tiles she needs to cover her bathroom floor. She should calculate for...
Area
400
Find the area of a rectangle with one side that is 5.5 inches long and one side that is 7 inches long
38.5 inches
400
James builds a room in his house that is 10 feet wide and 12 feet long. He adds on another room that is 10 feet wide and 9 feet long. The two rooms share a wall. What is the total perimeter for the two rooms put together?
62 feet
400
To figure out the length of a certain shape with a perimeter of 32 inches, Tim divided 32 into 8 equal parts. What shape does Tim have?
An octagon
500
A square has a total perimeter of 12 inches. What is the area of the square?
9 sq inches
500
A rectangle has a total perimeter of 32 cm. The rectangle is 10 cm long. What is the height of the rectangle?
6 cm
500
Lily knows that one side of a triangle is 7 inches long. She added 7 three times and correctly calculated that the perimeter is 21 inches. This kind of triangle is called...
An equilateral triangle
500

Using what formula do you use to solve for the area

What is Length x Width (Base x Height)