Area, Perimeter, 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 

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

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

How many feet around is the pool?

• 10.5 ft

• 42 ft

• 65.94 ft

• 131.95 ft

How many square feet of tarp would be needed to cover the pool?

• 10.5 ft

• 42 ft

• 1384.74 sq ft

• 346.185 sq ft

The spray from a spinning lawn sprinkler makes a circle with a 40 foot radius. If Ben and his friends want to play and get wet, how much space do they have?

• 1256 sq ft

• 5024 sq ft

• 125.6 sq ft

• 251.2 sq ft

Jason is painting a large circle on one wall of his new apartment. The largest distance across the circle will be 8 feet. Approximately how many square feet of wall will the circle cover?

• 200.96 ft²

• 50.24 ft²

• 25.12 ft²

• 20.96 ft²

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