Perimeter and Area

Question 1

The length of one side of a square is 9 inches. What is the perimeter? (Hint: P=4s)

Answer 1

36 inches

Question 2

Mrs. Washington is putting up a wallpaper border around her son’s bedroom. The bedroom is the shape of a rectangle that is 18 feet wide by 19 feet long. How many feet of border will Mrs. Washington need? (Hint: P = 2l + 2w)

Answer 2

74 feet

Question 3

The perimeter of a parallelogram is 16 meters. One short side is 2 meters long. What is the length of one long side of the parallelogram?

Answer 3

6 meters

Question 4

Nick’s rectangular patio measures 9 feet wide and 12 feet long. What is the perimeter of the patio?

Answer 4

42 feet

Question 5

What is the area of a rectangle with a length of 15 m and a width of 5 m?

Answer 5

75 square meters

Question 6

The perimeter of a square is 24 centimeters. What is the area of the square?

Answer 6

36 square centimeters