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Area Word Problems

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name

Class

Date

A square chessboard has a side length of 12 inches. What is the area of the cheeseboard?

12, 24

144

Danny’s grandmother is making a quilt that is 7 squares wide. If she needs 35 squares total, how many squares long is the length?

Andrew found a stone triangle shaped arrowhead that is 5 centimeters long and 4 centimeters tall at the base. What is the area of the triangular arrowhead?

20 cm²

20 cm

10 cm²

5 cm²

Megan created a triangular shaped vegetable garden and needs to put down fertilizer to cover the space. If the garden has a base of 1.4 m and a height of 5 m, how much fertilizer will she need?

7 m²

3.5 m²

3.5

Lihn bought a triangular shaped piece of wood with a height is 6 inches and a base of 2 inches. She plans to cover the front with a piece of fabric, how much fabric will she need?

12 in²

6 in²

Albert’s bedroom is shaped like the triangle that is shown below. What is his bedroom’s area? Height is 7 feet. Base is 10 feet.

35 ft²

35 ft

70 ft

70 ft²

6 in

9 in

6 in²

9 in²

91 ft²

77 ft²

78 ft²

105 ft²

The area of a rectangle is 63 sq. inches. One side length is 7 inches. What is the other side length?

9 in.

7 in.

6 in.

10 in.

10.

What is the formula to find the area of a parallelogram?

A= b + h

A= bh

A= b + b + b + b

A= width + height

11.

123 m²

146 m²

1414,5 m²

2829 m²

12.

What is the formula to find the area of a triangle?

A=bh

A= bh + 2

A= bh/2

A = bh x 3

13.

Calculate the area of the flag.

225 cm²

105 cm²

1125 cm²

2250 cm²

14.

What is the formula to find the area of a trapezoid?

$\left(b_1\times b_2\right)h$

$\left(b_1+b_2\right)h$

$\frac{1}{2}\left(b_1\times b_2\right)h$

$\frac{1}{2}\left(b_1+b_2\right)h$

15.

Find the area of a trapezoid with the following dimensions.

h = 22 cm

b1 = 10.5 cm

b2 = 12.5 cm

45 cm²

253 cm²

220.5 cm²

275 cm²

16.

1,440 in²

2,880 in²

1,620 in²

138 in²

17.

What is the area of this parallelogram?

34.8m²

23.6 m

30m²

30m

18.

John wants to fill a rectangular pool up before summer. The length of the pool is 9 yards and the width is 4 yards. What is the area of the pool?

36 square yards

98 square yards

106 square yards

13 square yards

19.

Mason and mom go to a park.

The park is a rectangle that is 150 yards long and 5 yards wide. What is the park’s area?

5 x 50 = 250 square yards

150 x 5 = 750 square yards

150 + 5 = 155 square yards

150 - 5 = 145 square yards

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Area Word Problems

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 17mins

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