Area, Perimeter and Circumference Word Problems

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 

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CCSS.7.G.B.4

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

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CCSS.7.G.B.4

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

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CCSS.7.G.B.4

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

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CCSS.7.G.B.4

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

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CCSS.8.EE.C.7B

• 7 cm

• 8 cm

• 9 cm

• 14 cm

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CCSS.4.MD.A.3

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

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CCSS.3.MD.D.8

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

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CCSS.3.MD.D.8

Your Geometry teacher rents a fast car for the weekend. Her friend, a Physics teacher, uses a stopwatch to time how long it takes your teacher to make one complete revolution about the track. Is this question circumference or area?

• Circumference

• Area

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CCSS.7.G.B.4

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

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CCSS.7.G.B.4