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Perimeter and Area of Squares and Rectangles

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the area of this rectangle?
a)
187 in2
b)
177 in2
c)
276 in2
d)
179 in2
2.
What is the area of this square?
a)
169 ft2
b)
209 ft2
c)
196 ft2
d)
260 ft2
3.
What is the area of this rectangle?
a)
953 m2
b)
1,035 m2
c)
1,005 m2
d)
995 m2
4.
What is the area of this square?
a)
1,521 cm2
b)
2,511 cm2
c)
1,251 cm2
d)
2,151 cm2
5.
Which has the greater area: a square with a side that measures 7 meters, or a 6-by-8 meter rectangle?
a)
Square
b)
Rectangle
6.
What is the perimeter of a square with a side that measures 15 m?
a)
60 m
b)
225 m
c)
75 m
d)
45 m
7.
What is the perimeter?
a)
24 sq cm
b)
24 cm
c)
35 sq cm
d)
35 cm
8.

What is the perimeter of this square?

a)

7 cm

b)

14 cm

c)

21 cm

d)

28 cm

9.
What is the perimeter of the rectangle?
a)
15 cm
b)
16 cm
c)
15 sq cm
d)
15 cm
10.
What is the area of this rectangle?  
Length:  9 cm
Width:  3 cm 
a)
24 square cm
b)
27 square cm
c)
93 square cm
d)
27 cm 
11.
What is the area of a square with a length of 4 cm?
a)
16 cm
b)
16 square cm
c)
8 cm
d)
8 square cm 
12.

What does the 'perimeter' of a shape mean?

a)

The distance around the shape

b)

The distance across the shape

c)

The distance halfway around the shape

d)

The shortest possible distance around the shape.

13.

Jay ran 5 times around a field. Each side of the field is 25 metres long. How many metres did Jay run?

(a)  

14.
If I wanted to fence in my backyard, that would be an example of:
a)
area
b)
perimeter
15.
The space inside an object is called it's
a)
area
b)
perimeter
16.
If I wanted to decorate the edge of a cake, that would be an example of:
a)
area
b)
perimeter
17.

Work out the area of this rectangle...

a)

40 cm2

b)

26 cm2

c)

48 cm2

d)

32 cm2

18.

What is the area for this shape

a)

7cm2

b)

12cm2

c)

14cm2

d)

14cm

19.

A rectangle has an area of 36m2

If the length is 9m, what is the width?

a)

8m

b)

4m

c)

4m2

d)

6m

20.

Which of the following expressions would not help me find the area of this rectangle?

a)

5 x 10

b)

10 x 5

c)

5 + 10

d)

10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10

21.

A rectangle with an area of 30 square units and a side length of 6 has another side length of?

a)

5 units

b)

6 units

c)

3 units

d)

4 units

22.

Farmer Bob's son built a track to walk his pet pig. The track goes around the pig pen. The pig pen is 15 metres long and 21 metres wide. If the pig walks all the way around the track, how many metres did he walk?

a)

72 metres

b)

36 metres

c)

36 square metres

23.

What is the perimeter of a swimming pool that is 50 m long and 25 m wide?

a)

150 m

b)

125 m

c)

135 m

d)

165 m

24.
What is the area of the swimming pool?
a)
1,000 m2
b)
1,500 m2
c)
1,350 m2
d)
1,250 m2
25.
A perimeter of a rectangle is 34 meters.  The width is 4 meters.  What would the length be? (Hint: 2 sides are each 4 meters; the other 2 sides must each be equal!)
a)
17 m
b)
13 m
c)
15 m
26.

Shameka is putting a frame around her favorite rectangular picture. If the picture has a length of 20 cm and a width of 15 cm, how many inches of wood does she need to frame the photo?

a)

35 cm

b)

40 cm

c)

70 cm

d)

300 cm

27.

Barry wants to use tiles that are 50 cm long and 10 cm wide to cover a wall. The wall is 3m wide and 5m long. How many tiles will Barry need?

(a)  

28.

Find the area of the rectangle whose length is 3 times its width if its perimeter is 32 cm.

a)

48 cm2

b)

96 cm2

c)

64 cm2

d)

44 cm2

29.

A rectangular football field s 120 m long and 53.3 m wide. How far is it around the football field?

a)

6396 m2

b)

346.6 m

c)

173.3 m

d)

346.6 m2

30.

Keisha is making picture frames that are 8 cm wide and 10 cm long. What is the least amount of ribbon that she will need to create a ribbon border around 1 picture frame?

a)

36 cm.

b)

36 cm2

c)

80 cm.

d)

80 icm2