Practice finding the area and perimeter of rectangles, including word problems and missing side lengths.
Read each problem carefully. Use the formulas for rectangles: area = length x width, and perimeter = length + width + length + width. Show your work in the space provided.
Finding space inside and distance around rectangles
Math - Grade 4-5
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A rectangle has a length of 9 inches and a width of 4 inches. What is its area?
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A rectangle has a length of 12 feet and a width of 5 feet. What is its perimeter?
- 3
A garden is shaped like a rectangle. It is 8 meters long and 6 meters wide. What is the area of the garden?
- 4
A rectangular picture frame is 10 inches long and 7 inches wide. How much ribbon is needed to go around the outside edge one time?
- 5
A rectangle has an area of 45 square centimeters. Its width is 5 centimeters. What is its length?
- 6
A rectangle has a perimeter of 30 inches. Its length is 10 inches. What is its width?
- 7
Which rectangle has the greater area: Rectangle A is 6 feet by 8 feet, and Rectangle B is 7 feet by 7 feet?
- 8
A dog run is 14 feet long and 4 feet wide. What is its perimeter?
- 9
A classroom rug is 9 feet long and 6 feet wide. What is the area of the rug?
- 10
A rectangular playground is 20 meters long and 12 meters wide. What is the perimeter of the playground?
- 11
A rectangle is 11 centimeters long and 3 centimeters wide. Find both the area and the perimeter.
- 12
A rectangular poster has an area of 72 square inches. Its length is 12 inches. What is its width?
- 13
Draw a rectangle with a length of 7 units and a width of 5 units. Then find its area and perimeter.
- 14
Two rectangles have the same perimeter of 24 units. Rectangle A is 8 units long and 4 units wide. Rectangle B is 6 units long and 6 units wide. Which rectangle has the greater area?
- 15
A farmer wants to fence a rectangular field that is 15 yards long and 9 yards wide. The fence costs 3 dollars per yard. What is the total cost of the fence?