Perimeter of Polygons
Rectangles and Squares
Problem Solving
Definitions
100

What is the perimeter of a square with sides of 5 feet?

20 feet

100

What is the perimeter of a rectangle with a length of 12 feet and a width of 7 feet?

38 feet

100

Robert is building a dog house for his puppy. If the house measures 3 feet by 3 feet, what is the area of the house?

9 ft. 2

100

If you walk around the playground, you are walking around its...


Area? or Perimeter?

Perimeter

200

A pentagon is a shape that has 5 sides. The measurements are listed below:

5 in.

5 in.

4 in.

4 in.

3 in.

What is the perimeter of this pentagon?

21 inches

200

What is the area of a rectangle that is 11 inches long and 4 inches wide?

44 inches 2

200

Jane wants to frame a picture that is 11 inches tall on the sides and 8 inches wide on the top and bottom. How many inches of wood would she need to frame the picture?

Jane would need 38 inches of wood.

200

Alex wants to know how much wood he needs to frame the edges of a picture. He should measure for...

Area? or Perimeter?

Perimeter

300

Find the perimeter of a shape with sides that measure:

15 cm.

12 cm.

8 cm.

6 cm.



41 cm.

300

One side of a square is 4 inches. What is the area of the square?

16 sq. inches

300

A desk is five feet wide and four feet long. What is the total area of the top of the desk?

20 sq. ft

300

Sherry wants to know how much square feet of tile she needs to cover her bathroom floor. She should measure for...

Area

400

Find the perimeter of a 6-sided hexagon that has equal sides of 6 mm. 

36 mm.

400
Timmy bends a wire into the shape of a rectangle. The top and bottom of the rectangle are 9 inches. The sides of the rectangle are 5 inches. What is the length of the wire he needs?

Timmy needs 28 inches of wire.

400

The new Sonic movie is coming out soon and the company who made the movie needs to make an advertising poster. The poster is 6 feet tall on the sides and 4 feet wide on the top and bottom. What is the perimeter of the poster?

20 feet

400

When we measure area,we are measuring _________________.

The amount of space inside of a flat (2-dimensional) shape such as a triangle or circle, or the surface of a solid 3-D object.

500

A triangle has a perimeter of 24 inches. One side is 10 inches. Another side is 8 inches. What is the length of missing side of the triangle?

6 inches

500

A rectangle has a width of 5 feet and an area of 45 square feet. What is the length of the rectangle?

5 ft x ___ = 45 ft. 2

9 inches

500

A rectangle has a total area of 32 cm2. The rectangle is 8 cm long. What is the width of the rectangle?

Length x Width = Area

8 cm x ___ = 32 cm2

4 cm

500

When we measure perimeter,we are measuring _________________.

The distance around a two-dimensional shape.