Shapes
Sides and Vertices
Perimeter
Area
Story Problems
100
What shape is a ball?
Circle
100
How many sides and vertices does a square have?
4 sides and 4 vertices
100
The sides on a square are 4 cm. What is the perimeter?
16 cm
100
The sides on a square are 6 cm. What is the area?
36 cm2
100
Joe's room is shaped like a square. All four walls in Joe's room are all 8 m long. What is the area of the Joe's room?
64 m
200
What shape is a door?
Rectangle
200
How many sides and vertices does a circle have?
0 sides and 0 vertices
200
A triangle has sides that measure, 4 cm, 5 cm, and 3 cm. What is the perimeter?
12 cm
200
What is the area of a rectangle with a length of 3 m and a width of 5 m?
15 m
200
Molly got a new iPad for her birthday. She measured it to see how big it was. The iPad was 10in by 9in. What is the perimeter of her iPad?
38in
300
What is the shape of a piece of pizza or an ice cream cone?
Triangle
300
How many sides and vertices does a pentagon have?
5 sides and 5 vertices
300
A hexagon has sides that are all the same length. The length of one side is 10 in. What is the perimeter of this hexagon?
What is 60 in
300
A square has a length of 9 m and a width of 9 m. What is the area?
81 m
300
Jack is painting one wall in his bedroom a different color. He needs to know the area of that wall in order to figure out how much paint he needs. Can you help? The wall measures 12 ft by 5 ft. What is the area?
60 ft2
400
What is the shape of a kite?
Rhombus
400
How many sides and vertices does a rhombus have?
4 sides and 4 vertices
400
A rectangle's length is 8 ft and the width is 3 ft. What is the perimeter?
22 ft
400
A rectangle has sides measuring: 8in, 7in, 8in, and 7in. What is the area of the rectangle?
56 in2
400
Sam has a garden. He wants to put a fence up around his garden. He needs to know the perimeter of his garden in order to figure out how much fencing he needs to buy. The garden is 6.5 feet by 4.5 feet. What is the perimeter?
22 feet
500
What is the difference between a square and a rectangle?
The sides are all the same length on a square. A rectangle has sides that are two different lengths.
500
How many sides and vertices does a hexagon have?
6 sides and 6 vertices
500
Draw a picture of a house (pentagon) that has a perimeter of 40.
Answers will vary.
500
Draw a square that has an area of 100ft.
Sides would be 10ft long.
500
The teacher says that Becky's new book is taking up too much room on her desk. The teacher said Becky could keep the book on her desk if she told her the perimeter and area of her book. Can you help Becky? The rectangular book's sides measure: 4 in, 5 in, 4 in, and 5 in. What is the area and perimeter?
Area: 20 in2 Perimeter: 18 in