Perimeter & Area

Farmer Bob needs to build a fence for his chickens.  The area he wants to build a fence around is 40 feet long and 20 feet wide.  How many feet of fence does he need to buy?

• 800 feet
• 120 feet
• 60 feet

If you are finding the distance around an object, what are you solving for?  

• Area
• Volume
• Plus and Minus
• Perimeter

What does perimeter mean?

• the amount of space inside a shape
• the distance around the shape
• the amount of space inside a shape divided by two
• half the distance around a shape

What is the formula for finding area?

• Area = Length x Width

• Area = Length x Length

• Area = Length + Width

• Area = Width x Width

Area represents the

• The number of square units inside a figure
• The number of units around a figure

Mrs. Davis wanted to cover the classroom with new carpet. If the length of the classroom was 12 feet and the width was 8 feet. How much carpet would she need to buy?

• 20 feet
• 40 ft
• 96 square feet
• 40 square feet

Alicia's garden is 50 square feet. Inside of her garden she plants a section of tomatoes that is 3 feet by 4 feet. How much more space does she have left in her garden to plant other crops? 

• 62 square feet
• 8 square feet
• 38 square feet
• 12 square feet

Ta'Jhira is using ribbon to frame one of her pictures. The dimensions of the picture are 8in x 10 in.

How much ribbon will Ta'Jhira need to make her frame?

$Perimeter=(2×length)+(2×width)$

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word problem

Ester wants to put a fence around her desk. She measures the desk and finds that it is 2 feet wide and four feet long.

• 4 ft

• 8 ft

• 12 ft

Check out the image of the Trapezoid. The base one b₁=1.6m ,base two b₂= 4m , height h=2m. Find the Area of the Trapezoid using the formula: A= 1/2 (b₁ + b₂) h

• A= 6.5m²

• A=5.6m²

• A=6,4m²

• A=