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Perimeter
Area
Volume
Perimeter, Area, or Volume?
Word Problems
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What is the perimeter of a rectangle with a length of 8cm and a width of 3cm?
22cm
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What is the area of a rectangle with a length of 8cm and a width of 3cm?
24cm
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What is the volume of a rectangular prism that has the following measurements: l = 12cm, w = 6cm, & h = 8cm.
Volume = l x w x h. The volume is 576 cubic cm.
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If you wanted to build a fence to go around your house would you need to find the perimeter, area, or volume?
You would need to find the perimeter.
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Mrs. Anderson wants to buy enough carpet to cover the floor of her 10’ by 14’ living room. How much carpet should she buy?
Mrs. Anderson should buy 140 sq. ft. of carpet.
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What is the perimeter of a square with a side measuring 8 inches?
32 inches
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What is the area of a parallelogram with a length of 9 cm and a width of 12 cm?

108 cm

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A box has the following measurements: l = 20m, w = 2m, & h = 2m What is the volume of the box?
Volume = l x w x h. The volume is 80 cubic meters.
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If you wanted to know how much water would be needed to fill a pool would you calculate perimeter, area, or volume?
You would calculate the volume.
200
Mrs. Bell wants to buy enough ribbon to decorate the outside edge of her door. If the door is 5 ft long and 2 ft wide, how much ribbon does she need?
Mrs. Bell needs 14 ft of ribbon.
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A rectangle has a perimeter of 14 inches. The length of one side is 4 inches. What is the width of one side?
3 inches
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What is the area of circle who's diameter is 10ft?


use pi=3.14

78.5 ft

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What is the volume of a cylinder with a 5in radius and 7in height?


use pi=3.14

549.5in3

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If you needed to know how many tiles it would take to cover the floor would you calculate perimeter, area, or volume?
You would calculate the area.
300
Mrs. Cooper needs enough paper to cover the bulletin board. If the length of the board is 4 ft and the width is 3 ft, how much paper does she need?
Mrs. Cooper needs 12 ft of paper.
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What is the perimeter of a square with an area of 9 square feet?
12 sq. ft.
400

The area of a triangle is 40 square feet. If its base is 10ft, what is its height?

8 feet

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A rectangular prism has a volume of 36ft³. The height of the prism is 3ft. The width of the prism is 2ft. What is the length of the prism?
The length is 6ft.
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If you wanted to figure out how much cereal could fit inside of the box, would you calculate the perimeter, area, or volume?
You would calculate the volume.
400
A square-shaped room measures 3 meters on one side. What is the perimeter?
The perimeter is 12 m.
500
True or False? The following formula can be used to calculate the perimeter of a rectangle: P = l + w
False: P = l + w + l + w
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What is the diameter of a circle who's area is the same as a rectangle that is 5ft by 10.048ft?


use pi=3.14

8ft

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What is the radius of a cylinder with a volume of 1130.4ft3 and a height of 10ft?


use pi=3.14

6ft

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If you needed to buy fertilizer to spread on your 20’ by 15’ rectangular garden, would you need to find the perimeter, area, or volume?
You would need to find the area.
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If you needed to wrap a gift with a roll of 400in2 of wrapping paper, would that be enough wrapping paper to wrap a box that was 12in by 10in by 3in?  Why or why not.  ***Must have correctly calculated the correct measurement for comparison to have question correct.

Yes, because the surface area of the box would be 372in2 so you have enough.