Challenge Exercises: Perimeter & Area

Directions: Read each question below. Click once in an ANSWER BOX and type in your answer; then click ENTER. Your answers should be given as whole numbers greater than zero. After you click ENTER, a message will appear in the RESULTS BOX to indicate whether your answer is correct or incorrect. To start over, click CLEAR.

1.	A piece of paper has a length of 16 inches and an area of 48 square inches. Find the width.  ANSWER BOX:   =  in   RESULTS BOX:

2.	The perimeter of a square-shaped rug is 36 meters. Find the area.  ANSWER BOX:   =  m2   RESULTS BOX:

3.	The area of a triangular-shaped garden is 72 square feet and the height is 24 feet. Find the base.  ANSWER BOX:   =  ft   RESULTS BOX:

4.	The height of a parallelogram is 6 more units than the base. What is the area of the parallelogram if the base is 15 centimeters?  ANSWER BOX:   =  cm2   RESULTS BOX:

5.	A dining room table has 8 sides of equal length. If one side measures 15 inches, what is the perimeter of the table?  ANSWER BOX:   =  in   RESULTS BOX:

6.	A man has 30 feet of fence for a rectangular garden. What is the area of the largest garden he can build with whole-number dimensions?  ANSWER BOX:   =  ft2   RESULTS BOX:

7.	A cardboard cut-out has 5 sides of equal length. If the perimeter is 65 centimeters, what is the length of one side?  ANSWER BOX:   =  cm   RESULTS BOX:

8.	A chess board has an area of 49 square inches. Find the perimeter.  ANSWER BOX:   =  in   RESULTS BOX:

9.	Room carpet costs $25 per square yard. If the area of a bedroom is 20 square yards, how much will the room carpet cost? (No decimal point)  ANSWER BOX: $    RESULTS BOX:

10.	A mirrored plate has 6 sides of equal length. If the perimeter is 72 centimeters, what is the length of one side?  ANSWER BOX:   =  cm   RESULTS BOX: