Applications of Perimeter and Area

Farmer Bob needs to build a fence for his chickens.  He wants to build a fence around is 40 feet long and 20 feet wide.  How many feet of fence does he need to buy? (Hint: top matches the bottom; left matches right!)

• 800 feet

• 120 feet

• 60 feet

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CCSS.4.MD.A.2

Sheniqua planted tomato plants in her vegetable garden in a rectangular area that is 15 feet long and 8 feet wide. What is the perimeter of the rectangular area where she planted the tomato plants?

• 46 ft

• 31 ft

• 23 ft

• 38 ft

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CCSS.4.MD.A.3

Greyson and Preston have a piece of paper that is 10 inches by 9 inches.  What is the area of the paper?

• 100 sq. in.

• 79 sq. in.

• 90 sq. in.

• 90 in.

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CCSS.4.MD.A.3

CCSS.3.MD.C.7B

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

• 16 cm

• 16 square cm

• 8 cm

• 8 square cm 

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CCSS.4.MD.A.3

CCSS.3.MD.C.7B

Mrs. Davis wanted to cover the classroom with new carpet. If the length of the classroom was 12 feet and the width was 8 feet. How much carpet would she need to buy?

• 20 feet

• 40 ft

• 96 square feet

• 40 square feet

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CCSS.4.MD.A.3

CCSS.3.MD.C.7B

Tim has a piece of property that is in shape of a right triangle. One side (base) measures 100 feet and the total square area is 3000 ft². What could be the length of the other leg (height)?

• 30

• 45

• 60

• 75

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CCSS.6.G.A.1

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

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CCSS.4.MD.A.2

The area of a soccer field is 56 square yards. The length of one side of the field is 8 yards. What is the width of the field? 

• 7 yards 

• 7 square yards

• 48 yards

• 9 yards

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CCSS.4.MD.A.3

CCSS.3.MD.C.7B

Stephen has a rectangular bedroom with a perimeter of 34 feet. The length of the bedroom is 9 feet. What is the width of Stephen's bedroom?

• 12 cm

• 8 cm

• 6 cm

• 18 cm

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CCSS.4.MD.A.3

Jason built a rectangular tool shed that is 8 meters wide and has an area of 64 square meters.

What is the length of Jason’s tool shed?

• 8m

• 56m

• 16m

• 512m

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CCSS.4.MD.A.3

CCSS.3.MD.C.7B