Area
Volume
Geometry
Word Problems
100

The area of a square with a side length of 3 1/2 feet.

What is 12 1/4 square feet.

100

The answer to a volume question is always this kind of unit.

What is cubic units?

100

An angle that measures exactly 90 degrees is called a...

right angle

100

The length of a flowerbed is 4 times its width.  The area if the width is 3/8 meter.

What is 9/16 squared meter?

200

The area of a rectangle that has a length of 13 inches and a width of 27 inches.

What is 351 square inches?

200

The volume of a rectangular prism with a length of 2cm, a width of 4cm, and a height of 5cm.

What is 40 cubic units?

200

An angle that measures less than 90 degrees is called...

acute angle

200

Mr. Johnson needs to buy sod for his front lawn.  If the the lawn measures 36 2/3 feet by 45 1/6 feet, the amount of square feet he needs.

What is 1,656 1/9 square feet?

300

The width of a banner is 3 3/4 inches.  If the length is 4 times the width, what is the area?

56 1/4 square inches

300

A pool measures 19 feet by 8 feet by 5 feet but is only filled with water to a depth of 48 inches.  How much cubic feet of water is in the pool?

608 cubic feet of water

300

An angle that measures greater than 90 degrees is called

obtuse angle

300

A gardner has a square plot of basil that is 5/8 yd on either side. There is a fence 2 feet from the edge of the garden all around.  What is the area of the fenced in space?

34  33/64 square feet

400

The area of a square is 49 square centimeters.  What is the length and width?

7cm and 7cm

400

A container has a base of 9 square inches and a volume of 63 cubic inches.  What is the height?

The height is 7 inches.
400

Lines that never intersect (touch) are called

parallel lines

400

Janet bought 5 yards of fabric 2 1/4 feet.   If she used 1/3 of the fabric to make curtains, how much fabric did she use?

11 3/4 square feet

500

The length of a patio is 516 inches and the width of a rectangle is 27 feet.  What is the area?

1161 square feet  OR 13,932 square inches

500

The volume of a cube is 64 cubic inches. What are the other dimensions?

Length, width, and height are all 4 inches.

500

Lines that intersect at right angles (making perfect square corners) are called

perpendicular lines

500

The width of a picnic table is 3 times its length.  If the length is 5/6 yard, what is the area of the picnic table?

1 5/6 square yards