Area and Perimeter Word Problems

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

Alicia's garden is 50 square feet. Inside of her garden she plants a section of tomatoes that is 3 feet by 4 feet. How much more space does she have left in her garden to plant other crops? 

• 62 square feet

• 8 square feet

• 38 square feet

• 12 square feet

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

Farmer John walks his pet pig around his barn every day. The barn is 25 meters by 12 meters. If we walks the pig around the barn three times, how many meters did farmer John and his pig walk?

• 300 meters

• 222 meters

• 74 meters

• 37 meters

Matt has a box with the pictured measurements. If he puts ribbon on the perimeter of the box, how much ribbon does he need?

• 5 cm

• 8 cm

• 16 cm

• 20 cm

The perimeter of a square playground is 48 meters. What is the length of one side of the playground?

• 12 m

• 24 m

• 6 m

• 8 m

If the perimeter of a rectangular park is 60 meters and the length is 20 meters, what is the width of the park?

• 10 meters

• 20 meters

• 15 meters

• 25 meters

A square has a perimeter of 64 inches. What is the area of the square?

• 256 square inches

• 128 square inches

• 1024 square inches

• 16 square inches

A rectangular room is 9 feet long and 7 feet wide. What is the perimeter of the room?

• 32 feet

• 16 feet

• 48 feet

• 63 feet

Jenny's room is 13 feet long and 12 feet wide. Ruth's room is 14 feet long and 11 feet wide. Whose room has the greater perimeter?

• Jenny

• Ruth

• They are the same