Area and Perimeter of Squares with Fractional Sides

1. In order to find the area of a figure you must

• add up all the sides.

• multiply length times width.

• count each square unit inside the figure.

•  multiply length times width or  count each square unit inside the figure.

What does it mean to find the perimeter?

• The perimeter is the measurement of all the boxes inside.

• The perimeter is a fence.

• The perimter is the measuremnt of all the line segments around a shape.

• The perimeter is a dance that was made popular by the pop-rock star, Roscoe The Dog.

Allison wanted to paint this portion of the floor. What is the area?

• 20 square units

• 14/3 X 4 square units

• 17/3 divided by 4 square units

• 3/3 X 20 square units

Robert planted a garden. It is the shaded part. What is its area?

• 3 divided by 15/4 square units

• 15 divided by 3 square units

• 3 X 4 square units

• 3 3/4 X 3 square units?

Find the area of a square with side length 7/8.

• 49/64

• 15/16

• 3/4

• 5/8

If one side length of a square is 3/4, what is the area of the square, in square units?

• 6/8

• 3

• 9/16

• 27/64

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

• 20/30

• 4/9

• 8/24

What is the area of a square with a side length of 2 1/2 inches?

• 4 1/4

• 4 1/2

• 6 1/4

• 6 1/2

The school is adding sand to a square sandbox that is 5 metres on each side. If they want to cover the entire bottom of the sandbox with sand, how many square metres of sand will they need? 

• 10 square metres 

• 20 square metres

• 25 square metres 

• 5 square metres