Area and Perimeter Word Problems

Norman is a sunflower farmer. He uses a plot of land that is 3 km by 4.3 km. How much land does he use for his sunflowers?

• 12.9

• 7.3

• 12.6

• 12

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

The area of a soccer field is 54.06 square yards. The length of one side of the field is 10.2 yards. What is the width of the field?

• 5.6 square yards

• 5.4 square yards

• 5.3 square yards

• 9.2 square yards

Farmer John walks his pet pig around his barn every day. The barn is 25 meters by 12 meters. If we walks the pig around the barn three times, how many meters did farmer John and his pig walk?

• 300 meters
• 222 meters
• 74 meters
• 37 meters

If the area of a basketball court in 117 square feet and the width is 9 feet, what is the length?

• 13 square feet

• 14 square feet

• 11 square feet

• 15 square feet

Jenny's room is 13 feet long and 12 feet wide. Ruth's room is 14 feet long and 11 feet wide. Whose room has the greater area?

• Jenny

• Ruth

• They are the same

Compare these two rectangles.

A: base = 6.3 and height = 5

B: base = 4 and height = 8.2

• they have the same perimeter

• B has the bigger area

• A has the bigger area

• they have the same area

Joel has brownies. The length of each brownie is 7.1 cm and the width is 5.4 cm. Find the area of the brownies.

• 35 square centimeters

• 38.34 square centimeters

• 32.6 square centimeters

• 38.9 square centimeters

A living room wall is 20 feet long, and 12 feet high. How much paint do you need to cover one wall?

• 240feet ²

• 32 feet ²

• 64 feet ²

• 40feet ²

Lucy is painting one wall in her bedroom. The wall measures 13 feet long and 9 feet wide. If one can of paint covers 50 square feet, how many cans does she need?

• 5

• 3

• 117

• 130