Area and Circumference Word Problems

Area

or

Circumference?

Decide if a word problem is about area or circumference.

Circumference of a Circle

• The Distance AROUND the outside of a circle

• "Edge"

• "Outside"

• "Around"

• "Fence"

Area of a Circle

• Inside of a shape.

• "Cover"

• "Inside"

Multiple Choice

The fence around a circular flower garden

• area

• circumference

Multiple Choice

The chairs around a table

• area

• circumference

Multiple Choice

The glass inside a frame

• area

• circumference

Multiple Choice

The frame around a circular picture.

• circumference

• area

Multiple Choice

The border of a circular rug.

• area

• circumference

Multiple Choice

The pizza crust around the outside of a pizza

• area

• circumference

Multiple Choice

The sauce that covers the inside of a pizza

• area

• circumference

Multiple Choice

Joanne is making a cookie cake for her daughter's birthday.

The diameter of the cookie is 16 inches.

She will be frosting the whole cookie cake.

How much frosting will she need.

Is this word problem asking for you to calculate area or circumference?

• Area

• Circumference

Multiple Choice

Mark is putting a round fountain in his backyard. He decides to place bricks around the edge of the fountain.

If the radius of the fountain is 1.5 feet, what is the length of the brick edge?

Is this word problem asking you to calculate area or circumference?

• Area

• Circumference

Multiple Choice

Juan is walking a circular track.

The diameter of the track is 6 feet.

If he walks 3 times around the track, how far does he walk?

Is this word problem asking you to calculate area or circumference?

• Area

• Circumference

Multiple Choice

Jojo bought a circular beach towel. The towel had a fringe around the entire edge of it.

If the radius of the towel is 2.5 ft., how long was the fringe?

Is this word problem asking you to calculate area or circumference?

• Area

• Circumference

Multiple Choice

If you eat the edges of your cookie first, did you just eat the circumference? Or the area?

• circumference

• area

Multiple Choice

I am going to build a round pool . Will the water be the circumference or the area?

• circumference

• area

Multiple Choice

Do onion rings represent circumference or area?

• circumference

• area

Multiple Choice

If Ms Langdell makes a chocolate cream pie, is the filling going to be the area? Or is the crust going to be the area?

• filling

• crust

Multiple Choice

Looking at a bicycle wheel, is the tire circumference or diameter?

• circumference

• diameter

Multiple Choice

Cookie monster likes to break his cookies in half and take a big bite out of the center of each half . All that is left is the crispy edges. Did he eat the area or the circumference FIRST?

• circumference

• area

Poll

How do you feel about understanding

Identifying area or circumference in real-world contexts

• ET: Exceeding Target: I can show my complete knowledge of this target and BEYOND!!

• AT: Achieving Target: I can show my complete knowledge of this target.

• PT: Progressing Toward Target: I can show my partial knowledge of this target

• NM: Not Met: I can't show my progress toward this target yet.