Area and Perimeter of Rectangle Word Problems

The president wants the carpet in the East Room of the White House replaced. The East Room is 79 feet long by 36 feet wide. How much carpet should the decorator order?

• 8,248 square feet

• 2,848 square feet

• 4,288 square feet

• 2,844 square feet

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CCSS.3.MD.C.7B

CCSS.4.MD.A.3

A professional football field is 120 yards long and 53 yards wide. How far will you run if you go all the way around it?

• 346 square yards

• 173 yards

• 240 yards

• 346 yards

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CCSS.3.MD.D.8

The decorator replacing the carpet in the East Room also wants to replace the molding or trim that goes around the room. The East Room is 79 feet long by 36 feet wide. How much molding does she need to order?

• 2,844 square feet

• 2,848 feet

• 230 feet

• 230 square feet

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CCSS.4.MD.A.2

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?

• 75 feet

• 1,350 feet

• 1,000 feet

• 150 feet

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CCSS.4.MD.A.3

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?

• 75 feet

• 1350 square feet

• 1350 feet

• 150 feet

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CCSS.4.MD.A.3

Jodie plans to put up wallpaper on her entire bedroom wall. She has to figure out how much wallpaper to buy. Which of the following would be most helpful for her to know?

• the area of the wall

• the perimeter of the wall

Tina is fixing a rectangular sign. She plans to place metal trim around the sign edges. The rectangle measures 32 inches by 9 inches. How much trim will Tina need?

• 36 inches

• 41 inches

• 72 inches

• 82 inches

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CCSS.4.MD.A.2

Matt has a box with the pictured measurements. If he puts ribbon on the perimeter of the box, how much ribbon does he need?

• 5 cm

• 8 cm

• 16 cm

• 20 cm

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CCSS.4.MD.A.3

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?

• 62 square feet

• 38 square feet

• 12 square feet

• 43 square feet

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CCSS.3.MD.C.7B

CCSS.4.MD.A.3

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?

• 300 meters

• 222 meters

• 74 meters

• 37 meters

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CCSS.4.MD.A.2