Area vs. Perimeter

What are you trying to find: Mrs. Bodtcher wants to buy an electric fence for her dog. If she wants the area for her dog to be a square with side lengths of 15 feet, how much wire does she need for the fence?

• perimeter

• area

• volume

• none of these

John is putting a fence around his yard. He purchased 30 ft of fence. How much does John have left over if his yard has a length of 7 ft and a width of 2 ft.?

• perimeter

• area

• volume

The distance around an object is called the

• area

• perimeter

• volume

• quadrilateral

A square has a perimeter of 48 millimeters and an area of 144 square millimeters. What is the measurement of one side? 

• 12 mm

• 8 mm

• 6 mm

• 14 mm

Tags

CCSS.4.MD.A.3

This field is going to be filled in with decorative rocks. Which measurement would be used in order to determine how many tons of rocks are needed?

• Area

• Perimeter

If I wanted to place a fence around my backyard to keep my dog from running away, I would be looking at?

• Perimeter

• Area

If I wanted to put tile down in my kitchen, I would need to find:

• area

• perimeter

Jogging around a lake .

• Perimeter

• Area

• AREA

• PERIMETER

The perimeter of a rectangle is 34 metres.  The width is 4 metres.  What would the length be?

• 17 m

• 13 m

• 15 m

• 30 m

Tags

CCSS.4.MD.A.3