Middle School Level Questions on Area and Perimeter
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Area and Perimeter
- Area and Perimeter
- I have a problem with finding area and perimeter - can you help me?
- Area and Perimeter: Mowing the Lawn
- How many circuits are necessary to cut half the lawn?
- Area and Perimeter of Rectangles
- There are two different rectangles whose sides are integers and whose area and perimeter are the same. Find the dimensions.
- Area of a Parallelogram
- How do you find the area of a parallelogram?
- Area of a Rectangle Outside Another Rectangle
- Find the area of a concrete swimming pool border.
- Area of a Trapezoid
- My daughter has been assigned to derive the formula for the area of a trapezoid rather than just looking it up.
- Area: Triangle vs. Rectangle
- Why do you have to use a different formula to get the area of a
triangle than a rectangle or square?
- Carpeting a Room
- Please tell me how many square yards of carpeting are needed for the following room/closet.
- If You Know Perimeter, Can You Find Area?
- Can one determine the acreage of an irregularly shaped field if only the distance around the edge of the field (in feet) is known?
- Length of the Sides of Polygons
- How many feet should each side be in a regular octagon / hexagon / pentagon if the area is 7,000 square feet?
- Length, Width of Rectangle Given Perimeter
- If the perimeter of a rectangle is 300 and the length is two times the
- Perimeter Equals Area in a Triangle
- When will the area and perimeter of a right triangle be numerically equal?
- Perimeter of Two Similar Objects"
- Why do you lose area in a 4 x 12 rectangle as compared to an 8 x 8 square? Each has the same perimeter.
- Relation of Perimeter to Area
- I'm puzzled by the ability of two fences with the same perimeter to have very different areas inside them. I realize by LxW an 8' x 10' fence will have more area than a 6' x 12' fence, but WHY? Both fences have 18' surrounding them but different areas. Also does a circle or a square conserve more area with identical perimeters?
- Teaching Area of Triangles
- When I gave a Unit Assessment, all but one student got area of a
triangle wrong. Where did I fail?
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