Area, Perimeter, and Circumference Word Problems

Alex has trained his puppy, Popper, to jump through a ring. According to Alex's measurements and calculations, the ring has a diameter of 3.5 feet. What is the ring's circumference (use 3.14 for pi)?

• 11.32 ft

• 12.25 ft

• 10.99 ft

• 8.75 ft

The Jones family wants to enclose their circular garden with a fence. To the nearest foot, what is the minimum length of fencing they need to buy?

• 56.25 ft

• 246.2 ft

• 365.56 ft

• 392.5 ft

Daniel wants to buy cookies for her friend. The
radius of a cookie is 5 inches. What is the distance around the cookie?

• 10 in

• 2.5 in

• 15.7 in

• 31.4 in 

Mrs. Apple just bought a new dinning room table. She needs to make a table cloth for decoration. What amount of fabric should she buy if the table has a diameter of 5 feet? Choose the equation that would best help solve this problem.

• C = π5

• C = (2)(π)(2.5)

• A = π5²

• A = π2.5²

A rectangular pool is twice as long as it is wide. If the perimeter of the pool is 36 meters, what is the width of the pool?

• 6 m

• 9 m

• 12 m

• 18 m

Lily wants to build a rectangular fence around her garden. The length of the garden is twice its width. If the area of the garden is 72 square meters, what will be the perimeter of the fence?

• 36 meters

• 48 meters

• 54 meters

• 60 meters

Answer explanation

The width of the garden is 6 meters and the length is 12 meters. Therefore, the perimeter of the fence is 2(6+12) = 36 meters.

If a triangle has a perimeter of 30 cm and two sides are 10 cm each, how long is the third side?

• 10 cm

• 5 cm

• 15 cm

• 20 cm

The length of a rectangle is 10 meters more than twice its width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 70 meters, what is the width of the rectangle?

• 10 meters

• 15 meters

• 20 meters

• 25 meters

A square has a perimeter of 64 inches. What is the area of the square?

• 256 square inches

• 128 square inches

• 1024 square inches

• 16 square inches

Steven purchases a bowl. The diameter of the
bowl is 14 cm. What is the distance around the bowl?

• 21.98 cm

• 43.98 cm

• 87.96 cm

• 7 cm