vocabulary
perimeter
area
working backwards
100

Area

What is the space occupied by a 2-dimensional figure in square units

100

The distance around a circle

What is a circumference?

100

A = bh

What is the formula for the area of a rectangle or parallelogram?

100

My rectangular front yard has an area of 300 square feet and the length along the road is 20 feet but I have forgotten the width of the yard.

What is 15 feet?

200

Perimeter

What is the distance around a 2-dimensional figure?

200

4 cm + 4 cm + 4 cm + 4 cm = 16 cm 

What is perimeter of a square with side lengths of 4cm?

200

A = s2

What is the formula for the area of a square?

200

I know that the area of the cover on my pool is 314 square feet but I can't remember what the diameter of the pool is.

What is 20 feet?

300

Square

What is a 4-sided figure whose side lengths are equal and interior angles are all right angles?

300

3 ft + 5 ft + 3 ft + 5 ft = 16 ft

What is perimeter of a rectangle (or parallelogram) with side lengths of 3 ft and 5 ft?

300

A = pi * r2

What is the formula for the area of a circle?

300

I have a 160 square foot deck attached to the back of my house in the shape of a trapezoid. The two parallel sides of the deck are 20 feet long and 12 feet long. I can't remember the distance between the two parallel sides.

What is 10 feet?

400

Rectangle

What is a 4-sided 2-dimensional figure whose opposite sides are equal and whose interior angles are all right angles?

400

5 ft + 12 ft + 13 ft = 30 ft

What is the perimeter of a triangle with side lengths of 5 ft, 12 ft & 13 ft?

400

A = 1/2 * h (b1 + b2)

What is the formula for the area of a Trapezoid?

400

There is a new statue in the park in my neighborhood which sits on a square base the occupies 225 square feet of the park. I'd like to know the distance around the perimeter of the base.

What is 60 feet?

500

Trapezoid

What is a quadrilateral with only one pair of parallel sides called?

500

A square has an area of 100 square feet and I would like to know the perimeter of the square.

What is 40 feet?

500

A = 1/2 * bh

What is the formula for the area of a triangle?

500

There is a big semicircular stage in the local that has a width (diameter) of 100 feet. I'd like to know the area of the stage.

What is 157 square feet?