Area & Perimeter Puzzles: 6th Grade Math Challenge

A rectangular garden has a length of 10 meters and a width of 5 meters. If you want to add a path around the garden that is 1 meter wide, what will be the new area of the garden including the path?

• 84 square meters

• 60 square meters

• 75 square meters

• 90 square meters

Sarah has a rectangular piece of land that is 12 meters long and 8 meters wide. She wants to build a fence around it. How much fencing material does she need to buy?

• 40 meters

• 24 meters

• 30 meters

• 50 meters

A swimming pool is 4 meters wide and 10 meters long. If you want to tile the entire pool area, how many square meters of tiles do you need?

• 30 square meters

• 40 square meters

• 50 square meters

• 20 square meters

Tom is making a rectangular table that is 2 meters long and 1.5 meters wide. If he wants to cover the table with a tablecloth that has a perimeter of 10 meters, will the tablecloth fit?

• No, the tablecloth is too small.

• No, the tablecloth is too large.

• Yes, but it will hang off the edges.

• Yes, the tablecloth will fit.

A rectangular playground measures 20 meters by 15 meters. If a new section is added that is 5 meters wide around the entire playground, what will be the total area of the playground including the new section?

• 300 square meters

• 600 square meters

• 450 square meters

• 750 square meters

Lisa has a rectangular garden that is 3 meters wide and 7 meters long. She wants to plant flowers in a section that is 1 meter wide around the inside of the garden. What is the area of the section where she can plant flowers?

• 6 square meters

• 5 square meters

• 4 square meters

• 10 square meters

A rectangular room is 6 meters long and 4 meters wide. If you want to paint the walls and the ceiling, what is the total area that needs to be painted?

• 120 square meters

• 104 square meters

• 90 square meters

• 80 square meters

A rectangular box has a length of 8 cm, a width of 3 cm, and a height of 5 cm. What is the total surface area of the box?

• 200 cm²

• 90 cm²

• 120 cm²

• 158 cm²

A rectangular field is 30 meters long and 20 meters wide. If a path of 2 meters wide is built around the field, what will be the new perimeter of the field including the path?

• 116 meters

• 120 meters

• 100 meters

• 110 meters

A rectangular poster is 1.2 meters long and 0.8 meters wide. If you want to frame it with a border that is 0.1 meters wide, what will be the area of the framed poster?

• 1.4 square meters

• 1.0 square meters

• 1.2 square meters

• 1.6 square meters