Real World Use
Perimeter
Area
Perimeter and Area 2
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What is perimeter?
The distance all the way around the shape.
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A rectangular piece of cheese is 9 centimeters long and 5 centimeters wide. What is the perimeter of the cheese?
28 centimeters
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Sarah is painting a picture where each side measures 6 ft. How much paint will she need to cover the square picture?
36 square feet
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What is the perimeter of the shape if all of the sides are equal. 
18 cm
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What is the area of a shape if it has a length of 6 ft and a width of 5 ft?
30 square feet
200
What is area?
The space the inside of the shape takes up.
200
What is the perimeter of the tv?
40 inches
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Lucy is counting the ceiling tiles in her gym. There are 6 rows with 7 in each row. How many tiles are there in all?
42 tiles
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What is the area of the rectangle? 
16 square cm
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What is the perimeter of a square with sides measuring 8 feet?
32 feet
300
If I want to measure how big my yard is, do I need to find the perimeter or area?
area
300
The rectangular cafeteria table is 24 ft long and 6 ft wide. What is the perimeter of the table?
60 ft
300
Karen's grandma is making her a quilt. The quilt has 6 square foot blocks with 9 square foot blocks in each row. What is the area of the quilt?
54 square feet
300
What is the perimeter of the square? 
36 m
300
Moby was building a rectangle fence to put around his carrots. His length was 6 ft long, and his width was 5 ft long. What is the perimeter of the rectangle?
22 ft.
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
22 units
400
Sarah has a square garden. She wants to buy mulch to put around the garden. She knows the sides are all 16 feet. How much mulch will she need?
64 square feet
400
What is the perimeter of a triangle with side lengths of 25 km?
75 km
400
Lisa counted the square tiles on a rectangular floor in the hallway at her school. There were 8 rows of tiles with 9 tiles in each row. What is the area of the floor in square feet?
72 square feet
500
You are building a playground, and need to build a fence. Will you have to measure for area or perimeter?
Perimeter for the fence.
500
What is the perimeter of a rectangle with side lengths of 19cm and 9cm?
47cm
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Josh put a table that is 28 feet wide by 4 feet long. What is the area of the table?
112 square feet
500
What is the area of a square with side lengths of 8m?
64 square m
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A picture has 2 sides that are 6 inches and 2 sides that are 10 inches. What is the perimeter of the picture?
32 inches