Area of Shapes Story Problems

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.

The area of a rectangle is 63 sq. inches.  One side length is 7 inches.  What is the other side length?

• 9 in.

• 7 in.

• 6 in.

• 10 in.

The area of a parallelogram is 72 sq units. The height of the parallelogram is 9 units. What is the length of the base?

Hint: Draw a picture!

• 9 units

• 7 units

• 10 units

• 8 units

The area of a rectangle is 36 square meters.  If the length of the rectangle is 3, what is the width?

• 108

• 12

• 9

• 15

Which statement is true?

• The area of the square is half of the area of the triangle.

• The area of the triangle is half of the area of the rectangle.

• The square and the triangle both have the same area.

Find the area:

• 13 in²

• 20 in²

• 26 in²

• 40 in²

Find the area of this shape

• 4.5 m²

•  5 m²

• 9 m²

• 6.3 m²

Area is measured in ...

• cubic units ^^_

• simple units e.g. mm, cm, m

• squared units

• none of the above

Find the area:

• 50 yd²

• 40 yd²

• 80 yd²

• 18 yd²

Find the area:

• 84 m²

• 168 m²

• 112 m²

• 56 m²