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Real world problems
100
What is the area of a rectangle that has a length of 6cm and a width of 2cm? Please show PEAL in your answer.
12 cm2
100
What is the perimeter of a shape if its sides are 8ft, 7ft, 4ft, and 5ft? Use PEAL to show your thinking.
24 ft
100
What is the width of a rectangle if the area is 10ft2 and the length is 5ft?
2ft
100
What is the missing side length of a triangle whose perimeter is 10in, and its other sides are 2in and 4in?
4in
100
Mrs. Savage wants to keep rabbits out of her garden. If she wants to put a fence around the outside, should she calculate the area or the perimeter of her garden to find out how much fence to buy?
perimeter
200
What is the area of a rectangle that has a length of 8ft and a width of 9ft? Please show PEAL in your answer.
72 ft2
200
What is the perimeter of a rectangle if its length is 7in and its width is 3in? Use PEAL to show your thinking.
20 in
200
What is the length of a rectangle if the area is 20ft2 and the width is 4ft?
5ft
200
What is the missing side length of a rectangle whose perimeter is 20in, and its other sides are 3in, 2in, and 6in?
9in
200
Mrs. Savage wants to spread mulch over her garden. If she is covering the whole garden in mulch, should she calculate the area or perimeter of the garden to find out how much to get?
area
300
What is the area of a rectangle that has a length of 7m and a width of 6m? Please show PEAL in your answer.
42 m2
300
What is the perimeter of a quadrilateral with 4 sides measuring 3m, 2m, 7m, and 6m?
21m
300
What is the width of a rectangle if the area is 36in2 and the length is 9in?
4in
300
What is the missing side length of a pentagon (5 sided shape) whose perimeter is 25ft, and its other sides are 3ft, 5ft, 4ft, and 2ft?
11ft
300
Mrs. Savage is trying to buy a rug that will fit in her living room. If her room has an area of 25ft2, will a rug that is 3ft by 7ft fit in her living room?
Yes (3x7=21, which is less than 25)
400
What is the area of a square that has a side length of 6in? Please show PEAL in your answer.
36 in2
400
What is the perimeter of a square if its sides are 5ft? Use PEAL to show your thinking.
20ft
400
What is the width of a square if the area is 25m2?
5m
400
What is the missing side length of a hexagon (6 sided shape) whose perimeter is 30m, and its other sides are 2m, 6m, 3m, 5m, and 8m?
6m
400
Mrs. Savage is sewing a border on the outside of her blanket. She has 18in of fabric. If her blanket has a width of 6in and a length of 4in, will she have enough fabric?
No, she would need (6+4+6+4) 20in.
500
What is the area of a shape if its sides are 3m, 3m, 3m, and 3m? Use PEAL to show your thinking.
9m2
500
What is the perimeter of a triangle if its sides are 8ft? Use PEAL to show your thinking.
24ft
500
What is the side length of a square if its area is 121cm2?
11cm
500
What is the missing side length of a octagon (8 sided shape) whose perimeter is 40ft, and its other sides are 2ft, 3ft, 2ft, 6ft, 5ft, 4ft, and 2ft?
16ft
500
Mrs. Savage is painting all 4 of her bathroom walls. She has enough paint to cover 100ft2 of wall. Her ceiling is 10ft tall, and each wall is 4 feet long. Will she have enough paint to cover all 4 walls?
No, each wall is (10x4) 40ft2, and there are four of them, so the total space is (40x4) 160ft2, which is more than 100.