Area and Perimeter Word Problems

Kayla wants to build a fence in her backyard. The length of her backyard is 30 feet and the width is 45 feet. How many feet of fence will she need to buy?

• 75 feet
• 1350 square feet
• 1350 feet
• 150 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

The area of a soccer field is 56 square yards. The length of one side of the field is 8 yards. What is the width of the field? 

• 7 yards 
• 7 square yards
• 48 yards
• 9 yards

The back table in our classroom is 5 feet by 3 feet. Each student that sits at the table takes up 1 foot of space. What is the maximum number of students that can sit at the back table?

• 16 students
• 8 students
• 15 students
• 2 students

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 feet
• 13 square feet
• 12 feet
• 12 square feet

The perimeter of a greyhound dog track is 450 meters. If the greyhound runs around the track 5 times, how many meters did it run?

• 2,250 meters
• 550 meters
• 1,250 meters
• 900 meters

Shayna got in trouble at school. As a consequence, she has to walk around the track. The length of the track is 25 yards and the width is 50 yards. If Shayna has to walk around the track twice, how many yards will she walk?

• 300 yards
• 150 yards
• 1,250 yards
• 150 square yards

If the area of Mike's bedroom is 120 square feet and the length of one wall is 10 feet, what is the lengths of the other wall?

• 12 feet
• 12 square feet
• 1200 feet
• 1200 square feet

The area of a square field is 81 square meters. What is the perimeter of the field?

• 36 meters
• 9 meters
• 18 meters
• 162 meters