Area of a Rectangle Word Problems

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

A living room wall is 20 feet long and 12 feet high. How much paint do you need to cover this wall?

• 32 square feet

• 24 square feet

• 240 square feet

• 40 square feet

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

John wants to fill a 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? (Farhana)

• 36 square yards

• 98 square yards

• 106 square yards

• 13 square yards

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? (Mason)

• 5 x 50 = 250 square yards

• 150 x 5 = 750 square yards

• 150 + 5 = 155 square yards

• 150 - 5 = 145 square yards

Miss Baldwin has a house that has the length of 12 yards and the width of 6 yards. What is the area of her house? (Elisabetta)

• 82 square feet

• 96 square feet

• 50 square feet

• 72 square feet

Laila wants her room planned before she moves. The length of her room is 10 feet and the width is 2 feet. What is the area of her room? (Maya)

• 12 square feet

• 20 square feet

• 24 square feet

• 18 square feet

Breaisha has a kitchen that is 8ft long and 10ft wide. Find the area to figure out how many 1ft square tiles she will need to cover the floor. (Trinity)

• 8 square tiles

• 10 square tiles

• 80 square tiles

• 800 square tiles

Hunter's new toy came with a tower that is 6 cm wide and 12 cm long. What is the area?

• 18 square centimeters

• 32 square centimeters

• 24 square centimeters

• 48 square centimeters

Isaac is painting a wall that is 9 feet by 18 feet. So far, he has painted a part of the wall that is a 4 feet by 7 feet rectangle. What is the area of the part of the wall that Isaac has left to paint?

• 190 square feet

• 134 square feet

• 22 square feet

• 151 square feet