Real World Use
What does perimeter measure?
The distance around (or outside) of a flat bounded shape.
What's the perimeter of a shape with a length of 3 in and a width of 7 in?
20 in
The area of a shape with a length of 5 and a width of 5?
25 square ft.
Area measure?
The area inside of a flat bounded shape.
What is the perimeter of a shape with a width of 7 ft and a length of 4 ft?
What is 22 ft.
What is the area of a shape with a length of 3 and a width of 9?
27 square feet
To build a fence, I would measure...
The perimeter
What is the perimeter of a shape with the length of 5 and a width of 8?
26 feet.
What is the area of a square with a side length of 4 feet and 7 feet?
28 square feet.
Mrs. Joni needs to get a new washer. She has to make sure the washer will fit in the small space that she has. The space has a length of 6 ft and a width of 3 ft. What is the total size of the space?
The total size of the space is 18 ft.
Mr. Stimmell wants to buy carpet for a new tree house, what will he use to find how much carpet he needs to buy?
The area?
What is the perimeter of a shape with the length of 3 yds and the width of 10 yds?
30 yds
What is the area of a rectangle with a length of 9 cm and a width of 8 cm?
72 cm
Ms. Lee wanted to build a new tree house. She wants to make it big enough for her cats and asks that she makes it 4 feet in width and 9 feet in height. What will be the area of the new tree house?
The area of the tree house is 36 square feet.
You are building a playground, and need to build a fence and put mulch inside of the fence. Will you have to measure for area or perimeter?
The area and perimeter.
What is the perimeter of a rectangle with a length of 6 cm and a width of 7 cm?
42 cm
What is the shape of the area on the board?
44 square centimeters
A book had a length of 5 inches and a width of 8 inches. What is the perimeter of the book?
The perimeter is 26 feet?