Real-World Polygon Problems: Area, Perimeter, and More

A park is shaped like a rectangle. If the length is 50 meters and the width is 30 meters, what is the perimeter of the park?

• 180 meters

• 140 meters

• 120 meters

• 160 meters

Samantha is drawing a hexagon for her art project. If each side of the hexagon is 4 cm long, what is the total length of all the sides combined?

• 20 cm

• 30 cm

• 28 cm

• 24 cm

A triangular garden has sides measuring 6 m, 8 m, and 10 m. What type of triangle is it, and what is its perimeter?

• Right triangle, perimeter is 24 m.

• Acute triangle, perimeter is 20 m.

• Right triangle, perimeter is 26 m.

• Obtuse triangle, perimeter is 22 m.

Tom wants to create a square flower bed. If he wants each side to be 5 feet long, how much fencing does he need to surround the flower bed?

• 15 feet

• 20 feet

• 25 feet

• 30 feet

A classroom has a bulletin board in the shape of a parallelogram. If the base is 12 feet and the height is 5 feet, what is the area of the bulletin board?

• 60 square feet

• 48 square feet

• 30 square feet

• 72 square feet

Lisa is making a poster with a pentagon on it. If each side of the pentagon is 3 inches long, what is the total perimeter of the pentagon?

• 12 inches

• 15 inches

• 10 inches

• 18 inches

A soccer field is a rectangle that measures 100 meters by 60 meters. If a player runs around the field once, how far does he run?

• 180 meters

• 400 meters

• 250 meters

• 320 meters

A pizza is cut into 8 equal slices, forming a regular octagon. If the radius of the pizza is 10 inches, what is the approximate area of the pizza?

• 400 square inches

• 314 square inches

• 250 square inches

• 180 square inches

A school is planning to build a new playground in the shape of a trapezoid. If the lengths of the two parallel sides are 20 m and 30 m, and the height is 10 m, what is the area of the playground?

• 150 m²

• 300 m²

• 200 m²

• 250 m²