Area Word Problems

Robert needs to earn $450 to buy books for college. He plans to work as a tutor only during the summer, which is 1/4 year. Which is the best explanation of whether he will earn enough money to buy books? Remember, a year is 52 weeks.

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Emily needs to buy fabric to make curtain panels for her windows. Each panel will be 4 feet long and 1/2 foot wide. Each piece of fabric that she can buy is 4 feet long and 2 feet wide. How many panels can she make from 1 piece of fabric?

• 1 curtain

• 2 curtains

• 8 curtains

• 4 curtains

Anna’s garden has an area of 48 square feet. She plants peas in 3/8 of the garden and herbs in 1/4 of it. The rest of her garden is planted with peppers. How many square feet of the garden are planted with peppers?

Ms. James has a 6-square-foot bulletin board and a 12 square-foot bulletin board. She wants to cover both boards with index cards without gaps or overlaps. Each index card has an area of 1/4 square foot. How many index cards does she need?

Find the area of the rectangle.

• 8 square units

• 9 square units

• 10 square units

• 12 square units

Tamara needs tiles to make a border for her bathroom wall. The border will be 9 feet long and 1/3 foot wide. Each tile measures 1/3 foot by 1/3 foot. Each box of tiles contains 6 tiles. How many boxes of tiles does Tamara need?

Mr. Martin had 6 gallons of paint. He painted 12 doors. How many benches can he paint with the paint that is left?

A square has a length of 2/3 of foot. What is its area?

• 20/30

• 4/9

• 8/24

Our back lawn is shaped like a parallelogram. The base is 36 feet and the height is 31 feet. What is the square footage?

• 1,656

• 1,006

• 1,016

• 1,116

A triangle has the base of 10 cm and the height of 8 cm. What is its area in sq cm?

• 20

• 30

• 40

• 50