Area and perimeter
1. A rectangular football field measures 505050 meters by 252525 meters. The football team has to
run around the field 444 times during warm ups.
How many meters does the team run during warm ups?
2. Steph needs to help her parents put a fence around their pool. They want the fence to be square
and want each side to measure 666 meters. They already have 101010 meters of fencing.
How many more meters of fencing should they buy?
3. Charles has a rectangular flower garden that is 5 yd long and 12 yd wide. One bag of
fertilizer can cover 6 yd2 . How many bags will he need to buy to cover the entire garden?
4. Before soccer practice, Laura warms up by jogging around the soccer field that is 80 yards by
120 yards. How many yards does she jog if she goes around the field two times?
5. George and Jane are in charge of making a banner for the basketball game this Saturday.
How much poster paper will they need for a rectangular shaped banner with a height of 3
feet and a base of 9 feet?
6. Betty wants to install new carpet in her living room. The room length is 15 ft and the width is
15 ft. If the cost of the carpet is $8 per square foot, what will be the total cost to carpet
Betty’s living room?
7. After installing the carpet, Betty decides to also install floor wood molding for her living
room. The molding will go around the entire room. The molding costs $4 per foot. What will
be the total cost of the molding?
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Area word probs
Jason built a rectangular tool shed that is 888 meters wide and has an area of 969696 square meters.
What is the length of Jason’s tool shed?
The perimeter of Jonah's square backyard is 565656 meters.
What is the area of Jonah's backyard?
Lisa built a rectangular flower garden that is 444 meters wide and has a perimeter of 262626 meters.
What is the length of Lisa's flower garden?
Jordan has 30 meters of border to create his classroom bulletin board. He wants to create the largest area
possible.
Which dimensions will give Jordan the largest area?
The area of a rectangle is 424242 square millimeters. The length is 777 millimeters.
What is the perimeter of the rectangle?
A square has an area of 494949 square meters.
What is the perimeter of the square?