Area, Perimeter

What is the area of this figure?

• 12 sq. cm

• 32 sq. cm

• 16 sq. cm

• 28 sq. cm

What is the perimeter of the rectangle?

• 28 sq feet

• 28 feet

• 48 feet

• 48 sq feet

What is the difference between area and perimeter?

• Area measures the amount of square units inside and perimeter does too. 

• Area measures the outside distance of an object and perimeter measures space inside. 

• Area measures space inside a figure and perimeter measures outside distance of a figure.

• Area and perimeter both measure the distance outside of a figure.

What is the perimeter of this shape?

• 40 sq. cm

• 26 cm

• 20 cm

• 24 sq. cm

Pick the answer that has the correct perimeter and area for the shape above.

• Perimeter: 20 cm Area: 20 sq. cm

• Perimeter: 32 cm Area: 25 sq. cm

• Perimeter: 25 sq. cm Area: 20 cm

• Perimeter: 20 cm Area: 25 sq. cm

If you wanted to find out how much paint you needed to cover an entire wall, would you find area or perimeter?

• Area

• Perimeter

If I wanted to decorate the edge of a cake, that would be an example of:

• area

• perimeter

The amount of space inside an object or figure is called:

• area

• perimeter

The distance around an object can be found using:

• area

• perimeter

How do you find the area of a rectangle?

• Length + Length + Length + Length

• Length + Width

• Length x Width

• Width x Width