Distance Formula Perimeter and Area

What is the area of a square with a length of 4 cm?

• 16 cm

• 16 square cm

• 8 cm

• 8 square cm 

What is the PERIMETER of this rectangle?

• 22 sq. yd.

• 22

• 22 cm

• 22 yd.

Miss Godines wants to wallpaper one section of her living room wall.  How many square feet of wallpaper would she need for this wall?

• 75 sq ft.

• 96 sq ft.

• 160 sq ft.

• 40 sq ft.

Adam was painting a wall in his room. The wall was 4 feet wide and 4 feet tall. What is the area of the wall he has to paint?

• 16ft

• 8ft

• 12ft

• 4ft

A lawn had an area of 35 square feet. If it was 7 feet width, how long was it? 

• 84 ft.

• 245 ft.

• 5 ft.

• 14 ft.

A rectangle flower bed had a total area of 35 square yards. If it was 5 yards wide, how long was it? 

• 175 yards

• 7 yards

• 15 yards

• 30 yards

Farmer Bob's son built a track to walk his pet pig.  The track goes around the pig pen.  The pig pen is 15 feet long and 21 feet wide.  If the pig walks all the way around the track, how many feet did he walk?

• 72 feet

• 36 feet

• 36 square feet

Mr. Johnson took his class outside to measure the playground. The playground is shaped like a rectangle as shown below. Which formula could the class use to find the area of the playground?

• A = l × w

• A = 4s

• A = 2l + 2w

• A =  l + w

The first photograph ever taken can be seen at the University of Texas at Austin. The rectangle below shows the size of the photograph. What is the area of the first photograph ever taken?

• 36 cm

• 56 cm

• 72 cm

• 320 cm

The distance around a shape is its ________.

• area

• perimeter

• square unit

• length times its width