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Area and Perimeter of Rectangles -Word Problems

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6 questions

Answer the following word problems. Show your work for EACHon the Formative. All the problems require multiple steps to answer. 

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Question 1

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Molly and Ted built pens for their dogs. Molly made a pen 12.5 meters by 8 meters. Ted's pen is 15 meters by 6.4 meters. Who's pen has the greatest area?

Molly

Ted

Both pens have the same area

Question 2

2.

In Tim's house, a rectangular swimming pool (blue) whose length 30 meters and width 10 meters is surrounded by grass (green). The pool with the grassy area makes a large rectangle whose length is 50 meters and width 20 meters. What area is occupied by the grass?

700 square feet

750 square feet

1000 square feet

300 square feet

Question 3

3.

Kai wants to plant a flower & vegetable garden. The dimensions of his garden bed will be 22.5 feet by 11.5 feet. Kai will plant 5 different things in his garden. He wants them each to have an equal amount of space? If he divides his garden into 5 equal sections, what will the area of each section be?

51.75 square feet

258.75 square feet

61.75 square feet

50.5 square feet

Question 4

4.

Look at the figure below. Find the missing side A and B to find the perimeter of the entire figure. What is the perimeter of the figure below?

222 units

177 units

200 units

142 units

Question 5

5.

Union Middle school wants to resod the soccer field for next year. A typical soccer field is 120 yards by 75 yards. It costs $15.50 per square yard to resod the field. How much is it going to cost the school to resod the entire field?

$9000

$139,500

$1860

$13,950

Question 6

6.

Farmer Brown wants to fence his pigpen. The pigpen's total area is 1,250 square feet. It's length is 50 feet. How many feet of fencing will he need to surround the entire pigpen?

75 feet

100 feet

25 feet

150 feet