Mastering Area: Solve Multi-Step Word Problems

A rectangular garden is 8 meters long and 5 meters wide. What is the area of the garden in square meters?

• 50 square meters

• 20 square meters

• 40 square meters

• 30 square meters

Lily wants to cover her rectangular table that is 2 meters long and 1.5 meters wide with a tablecloth. How many square meters of fabric does she need?

• 2 square meters

• 4 square meters

• 1 square meter

• 3 square meters

A playground has a rectangular sandbox that measures 4 meters by 3 meters. If they want to add a border around it that is 0.5 meters wide, what will be the total area of the sandbox including the border?

• 18 square meters

• 15 square meters

• 22 square meters

• 20 square meters

Tom is painting a rectangular wall that is 3 meters high and 4 meters wide. How many square meters will he need to paint?

• 12 square meters

• 8 square meters

• 10 square meters

• 15 square meters

A rectangular swimming pool is 10 meters long and 6 meters wide. If a deck is built around it that is 1 meter wide, what is the total area of the pool and the deck combined?

• 96 square meters

• 80 square meters

• 100 square meters

• 60 square meters

Sarah has a rectangular piece of land that is 12 meters long and 9 meters wide. She wants to plant grass on the entire area. How many square meters of grass seed does she need?

• 1080 square meters

• 54 square meters

• 72 square meters

• 108 square meters

A rectangular room is 5 meters long and 4 meters wide. If Sarah wants to put tiles on the floor, how many square meters of tiles does she need?

• 15 square meters

• 20 square meters

• 18 square meters

• 25 square meters

A rectangular field is 15 meters long and 10 meters wide. If a fence is built around it, what is the area of the field that will be fenced?

• 75 square meters

• 150 square meters

• 200 square meters

• 100 square meters

A rectangular box has a base that is 2 meters long and 1 meter wide. If the height of the box is 3 meters, what is the area of the base?

• 3 square meters

• 6 square meters

• 2 square meters

• 1 square meter

A rectangular art canvas is 1.5 meters long and 1 meter wide. If Mia wants to frame the canvas, what is the area of the canvas that will be framed?

• 2 square meters

• 1 square meter

• 0.5 square meters

• 1.5 square meters