Buildings
What does area measure?
The amount of space taken up by a two-dimensional shape.
Sarah is painting a picture where each side measures 12 inches. How much paint will she need to cover the square picture?
48 square feet
What is the area of a shape if it has the height of 6 ft and a width of 6ft?
36 square feet
It would take 108 tiles.
Karen's grandma is making her 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
What is the perimeter of a square with sides measuring 8 feet?
32 feet
Lucy is counting the ceiling tiles in her gym. There are 46 rows with 9 in each row. How many tiles are there in all?
414
Sarah has a square garden. She wants to buy mulch to fill the garden. She knows the sides are all 16 feet. How much mulch will she need?
64 square feet
What is the area of a parallelogram that is 10 feet in width and 9 feet in height.
90 square feet
Mr. Stimmell wants to buy carpeting for his bedroom. It costs $1 per square foot. The room is 13 feet long and 10 feet wide. How much will the carpet cost?
It will cost $130.
Josh put a table that is 8 feet wide by 7 feet long. What is the area of the table?
56 square feet
What is the area of a triangle with a base of 12 feet and height of 12 feet?
72 square feet
A window pane is 12 inches wide and 24 inches long. How many square feet is the window pane?
Mrs. Joni 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 in squared, 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 in squared