Real World Use
Perimeter
Area
Review Questions
Word...
100
What does perimeter measure?
What is the outside/around a shape.
100
A rectangular piece of cheese is 9 centimeters long and 5 centimeters wide. What is the perimeter of the cheese?
28 centimeters
100
Khai is painting a picture where each side measures 12 inches. How much paint will he need to cover the square picture?
48 square feet
100
Alaunis travels 3 miles a day. How many miles does she travel in 8 days?
24 miles
100
What is the area of a shape if it has the height of 6 ft and a width of 6ft?
36 square feet
200
What does area measure?
The inside of a shape
200
What is the perimeter of the tv?
84 inches
200
Angel is counting the ceiling tiles in his bathroom. There are 46 rows with 9 in each row. How many tiles are there in all?
414
200
Remy had 4 packs of stickers. Each pack had 9 stickers. How many stickers did he have in all?
36 stickers
200
What is the perimeter of a square with sides measuring 8 feet?
32 feet
300
To build a fence, I would measure...
perimeter
300
A rectangular table is 98 centimeters long 45 centimeters wide. What is the perimeter of the table?
286 centimeters
300
Thiago's aunt is making him a quilt. The quilt has 6 square foot blocks with 12 square foot blocks in each row. What is the area of the quilt?
72 square feet
300
Alejandro has 55 Pokemon cards. He wants to share the cards between himself and 4 friends. How many Pokemon cards will each person receive? Explain how you got your answer using numbers and words.
I knew he had 55 cards total and 5 people to share them with. I divided 55 by 5 to get 11 cards each.
300
Angelina needs to get a new washer. However, she has to make sure the washer will fit in the small space that she has. If the area measures 100 square inches, will a washer that measure 10 in. in width and 15 in length fit? Please be ready to explain.
No, the washer will have to have an area of 150 square inches.
400
Mr. Stimmell wants to buy carpet for a new tree house, what will he use to find how much carpet he needs to buy?
area
400
Jesus is putting fence around his garden. He know the perimeter is 48 feet. He has already fenced in three sides each measuring 12 feet. How much more fence does he need to finish fencing in her garden?
12 feet
400
Benjamin has a square garden. He wants to buy mulch to fill the garden. He knows the sides are all 16 feet. How much mulch will he need?
64 square feet
400
Benjamin set a goal to run 5 miles a day. He ran 5 miles each for 8 days, but he got tired and ran only 2 miles for 1 day. How many miles did he run in 9 days?
(8 x 5) + 2 = 42 miles
400
Nadia wants her mom to build us a new tree house. Nadia wants it to make it big and asks that she makes it 10 feet in width and 9 feet in height. What will be the area of the new tree house?
90 square feet
500
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?
Area for the mulch
Perimeter for the fence.
500
Miguel is putting trim around a triangular picture frame. He knows he needs 27 centimeters of trim. Two of the sides are both 8 centimeters long. How long is the third side?
11 centimeters
500
Adriel set up a table that is 8 feet wide by 7 feet long. What is the area of the table?
56 square feet
500
Reylene had 6 packs of gum to share. Each pack had 8 pieces. She shared 5 packs. Then, 4 pieces dropped on the floor when she opened the 6th pack, and she had to throw them away.
How many pieces of gum did she have in all? Explain how you got your answer using numbers and words.
I knew she shared 5 packs, and each pack has 8 pieces. I multiplied 5 x 8 = 40 pieces. I also knew she lost 4 from the last pack, so 8 - 4 = 4. I added the 40 pieces with 4 to get 44 pieces.
500
Aaron wants to add on a new addition to the soccer field. If the field already measures 2000 square feet, what will be the new area of the field if the new addition measures 12 feet in width and 12 feet in length?
144 square feet