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Area and Perimeter Word Problem Review

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
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?
a)
75 feet
b)
1350 square feet
c)
1350 feet
d)
150 feet
2.
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? 
a)
62 square feet
b)
8 square feet
c)
38 square feet
d)
12 square feet
3.
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? 
a)
7 yards 
b)
7 square yards
c)
48 yards
d)
9 yards
4.
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?
a)
300 meters
b)
222 meters
c)
74 meters
d)
37 meters
5.
If the area of a basketball court in 117 square feet and the width is 9 feet, what is the length?
a)
13 feet
b)
13 square feet
c)
12 feet
d)
12 square feet
6.
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?
a)
Jenny
b)
Ruth
c)
They are the same 
7.

Compare these two rectangles.

A: 4 by 5

B: 10 by 2

a)

they have the same perimeter

b)

the widths are the same

c)

the side lengths are the same

d)

they have the same area

8.
Stephen has a rectangular bedroom with a perimeter of 34 feet. The length of the bedroom is 9 feet. What is the width of Stephen's bedroom?
a)
12 cm
b)
8 cm
c)
6 cm
d)
18 cm
9.
Jackson cut a pentagon out of poster board to make sign for his door. The perimeter of the sign is 30 inches and each side of the sign has the same length. What is the length of each side of the sign?
a)
180 inches
b)
4 inches
c)
6 inches
d)
5 inches
10.

A living room wall is 20 feet long, and 12 feet high. How much paint do you need to cover one wall?

a)

240feet 2

b)

32 feet 2

c)

64 feet 2

d)

40feet 2

11.

A pizza has a diameter of 50 centimeters. Which of the following is closest to the circumference of the pizza? Show your work.

a)

157 cm

b)

53.14 cm

c)

150 cm

d)

201.28 cm

12.

The diameter of a circular path is 30 meters. Using =3.14, find the approximate circumference of the path. Show your work.

a)

33.14 m

b)

150.72 m

c)

94.2 m

d)

63.14 m

13.

The radius of a circular rug is 3 feet. Which of the following is closest to the circumference of the rug? Show your work.

a)

6.14 ft

b)

18.84 ft

c)

9.42 ft

d)

51.96 ft

14.

The diameter of a hot chocolate mug is 4 inches. Which of the following describes how to calculate the circumference of the mug? Hint: Write the formula first.

a)

Multiply the diameter by π.

b)

Divide the diameter by 2 and multiply by π.

c)

Divide the diameter by 2, square the results, and multiply by π.

d)

Multiply the diameter by 2 π.

15.

Students in England created the world’s largest yo-yo. Its diameter is about 10 feet long! Which of these is closest to the area of the yo-yo? Show your work.

a)

80.5 in2

b)

87.5 in2

c)

314 in2

d)

78.5 in2

16.

Five Italian chefs came together to bake the world’s largest pizza. Its diameter is 131 feet long! Which of these is closest to the area of the pizza? Show your work.

a)

13471 ft2

b)

411 ft2

c)

206 ft2

d)

4290 ft2

17.

The largest cookie ever baked measured had a radius of 51 feet. Which of these is closest to the area of the cookie? Show your work.

a)

2601 ft2

b)

2601π ft2

c)

2042 ft2

d)

162π ft2

18.
What is the radius of this circle?
a)
18
b)
36
c)
9
d)
8
19.
How do you calculate the area of a triangle?
a)
Base * Height
b)
½ * Base * Height
c)
Length * Width
d)
Add up the numbers
20.
Find the area of the triangle.
a)
14 m2
b)
48 m2
c)
24 m2
d)
12 m2
21.
Find the area of the triangle.
a)
44 mm2
b)
88 mm2
c)
64 mm2
d)
19 mm2
22.
A triangle's area is 54 m2 & its base is 6 meters long.  What is the height of the triangle?
a)
9 m
b)
18 m
c)
324 m
d)
162 m
23.
A triangle's area is 9.6 cm2 & its height is 1.2 centimeters long.  What is the base of the triangle?
a)
8 cm
b)
16 cm
c)
11.52 cm
d)
5.76
24.
A triangle's area is 100 ft2 & its height is 10 feet long.  What is the base of the triangle?
a)
10 feet
b)
20 feet
c)
500 feet
d)
1000 feet
25.
Find the area of a triangle with a base of 7 mm and a height of 10 mm?
a)
70 mm squared
b)
35 mm squared
c)
17 mm squared
d)
8.5 mm squared
26.
What is the perimeter of this equilateral triangle?
a)
4cm
b)
16cm
c)
12cm
d)
8cm
27.
If the perimeter of this shape is 30cm, what is the length of the missing side?
a)
30cm
b)
10cm
c)
11cm
d)
5cm