Find the Area
Word Problems
100

Eduardo wants to create a garden for his grandmother. He drew this figure. What is the area of the figure he drew?

9 sq. units

100

Germaine is tiling his pantry floor with square tiles. Each square tile has side lengths of 1 square unit. Germaine uses 5 rows of tiles with 6 tiles in each row. What is the area of the floor?

30 sq. units

200

Sophia drew this rectangle on dot paper. What is the area of the rectangle?

8 sq. units

200

Sally was remodeling her backyard and creating a garden to grow vegetables and fruits. She already had the fence put around the garden and needed to find how much soil to put in the garden. The length of her garden is 8 feet and the width is 3 feet. What is the area? 

24 sq. feet

300

A rectangle has a length of 8 and a width of 3. What is the area? 

24 sq. units

300

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400

A rectangle has a length of 9 feet and a width of 4 feet. What is the area? 

36 sq. feet

400

Ms. Rodriguez, Mr. Wilson, and Ms. Schuster have rectangular bulletin boards in their classrooms. Each teacher’s bulletin board is 8 feet long. What are the areas of each board? 

•  Ms. Rodriguez’s bulletin board is 2 feet wide.

•  Mr. Wilson’s bulletin board is 4 feet wide. 

•  Ms. Schuster’s bulletin board is 8 feet wide.

Rodriguez: 16 sq feet

Wilson: 32 sq feet

Schusters: 64 sq feet

500

Which equation can be used to find the area of the figure 


3 x 4=12

3 x 2=6

3 x 4=12

Area=30 sq units

500

Elizabeth has two gardens in her yard. The first garden   is 8 feet long and 6 feet wide. The second garden is the same length as the first garden. The width of the second garden is twice the width of the first garden. What is the area of the second garden?

96 sq. units