Area and Perimeter Story Problems

Norman is a sunflower farmer. He uses a rectangular plot of land that is 3 km by 4.3 km. How much land does he use for his sunflowers?

• 12.9 km²

• 7.3 km²

• 12.9 km

Joanna 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 meters and a height of 2.6 meters, how much fertilizer will she need?

• 3.64 m²

• 3.64 m

• 1.82 m²

• 1.82 m

A farmer needs to buy fencing to go around his garden. The garden is 200 feet long by 150 feet wide. How much fencing will he need?

• 350 ft

• 400 ft

• 30,000 ft²

• 700 ft

Ms. Patterson is putting up new border on her bulletin boards. If the bulletin board is 5.5 feet by 2.75 feet, how much border will she need?

• 7.56 ft²

• 15.125 ft²

• 8.25 ft

• 16.5 ft

A square has a perimeter of 64 inches. What is the area of the square?

• 256 square inches

• 128 square inches

• 1024 square inches

• 16 square inches

If a square has a side length of 5 inches, what is its perimeter?

• 20 inches

• 25 inches

• 15 inches

• 10 inches

A farmer wants to fence a rectangular field that is 100 meters long and 50 meters wide. How many meters of fencing does the farmer need?

• 300 meters

• 150 meters

• 200 meters

• 250 meters

The perimeter of a square playground is 48 meters. What is the length of one side of the playground?

• 12 m

• 24 m

• 6 m

• 8 m

A rectangle has a length of 8 cm and a width of 3 cm. What is its perimeter?

• 22 cm

• 24 cm

• 11 cm

• 18 cm

If the perimeter of a rectangular park is 60 meters and the length is 20 meters, what is the width of the park?

• 10 meters

• 20 meters

• 15 meters

• 25 meters