Easy Perimeter and Area

To calculate the amount of carpeting needed for your bedroom, which of the following should you find: 

• Area

• Perimeter

• Surface Area

• Volume

The garden is a rectangle. The width is 20 feet and the length is 5 feet. What is the area of the garden?

• 25 square feet

• 10 square feet

• 100 square feet

• 50 square feet.

Length x Width will give us _______ of a figure.

• Area

• Perimeter

2 x Length + 2 x Width will give us __________ of a figure.

• Area

• Perimeter

Ella builds a picture frame. The frame is shaped like a rectangle. She wants to put ribbon around the entire frame.

To find out how much ribbon will Ella need, we need to calculate _________.

• Area

• Perimeter

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 figure and perimeter measures outside distance of figure.

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

The distance around an object is called the

• area

• perimeter

• volume

• capacity

What is the area?

• 16 units

• 8 units

• 8 sq units

• 12 sq units

What is the perimeter of the figure?

• 30 units

• 32 units

• 24 units

• 36 units

What is the perimeter of this pentagon?