Perimeter of Polygons
Rectangles and Squares
Problem Solving
Definitions
Triangles
100
What is the perimeter of a pentagon with equal sides of 5 feet?
25 feet
100
What is the perimeter of a rectangle with sides of 7 feet and 8 feet long?
30 feet
100

Robert is building a dog house for his puppy. If the house measures 2 feet by 3 feet, what is the area of the house?

6 square ft

100

If you walk around the playground, you are walking around its...

Perimeter

100

Find the perimeter of a triangle with side lengths of 13 cm, 15 cm, and 22 cm.

50 cm

200
An equilateral triangle has sides that measure 7 feet. What is the perimeter?
21 feet
200

What is the area of a rectangle that is 5 inches long and 9 inches tall?

45 square inches

200

Jane wants to frame a picture that is 11 inches tall and 8 inches wide. How much wood would she need to frame the picture?

38 inches

200
Alex wants to know how much wood he needs to frame a picture. He should calculate for...
Perimeter
200

What is the formula for the area of a triangle?

A = (base x height)/2

A = 1/2 (base x height)

300
Find the perimeter of an octagon with equal sides that measure 11 feet.
88 feet
300

One side of a square is 4 inches. What is the area of the square?

16 square inches

300

A desk is three feet wide and two feet long. What is the total area of three desks put together?

18 square ft

300

Sherry wants to know how many tiles she needs to cover her bathroom floor. She should calculate for...

Area

300

Find the area of a triangle with a base of 8 yards and a height of 9.5 yards.

38 square yards

400

Find the perimeter of a hexagon that has equal sides of 14 mm.

84 mm

400

Find the area of a rectangle with one side that is 5.5 inches long and one side that is 7 inches long.

38.5 square inches

400

James builds a room in his house that is 10 feet wide and 12 feet long. He adds on another room that is 10 feet wide and 9 feet long. The two rooms share a wall. What is the total perimeter for the two rooms put together?

62 feet

400
To figure out the length of a certain shape with a perimeter of 32 inches, Tim divided 32 into 8 equal parts. What shape does Tim have?
An octagon
400

The perimeter of a triangle is 25 inches. One side measures 13 in, and the other two sides are congruent. Find the length of ONE of the congruent sides.

6 inches

500
An equilateral triangle has a perimeter of 24 inches. What is the length of one side of the triangle?
8 inches
500

A square has a total perimeter of 12 inches. What is the area of the square?

9 square inches

500
A rectangle has a total perimeter of 32 cm. The rectangle is 10 cm long. What is the height of the rectangle?
6 cm
500

Lily knows that one side of a triangle is 7 inches long. She added 7 three times and correctly calculated that the perimeter is 21 inches. This kind of triangle is called...

An equilateral triangle

500

If the area of a triangle is 420 square feet and base is 60 feet, what is the height?

14 feet