Area or perimeter?

1. You want to buy carpet for a room. Do you need the area or the perimeter?

• Area
• Perimeter
• Neither
• Both, always

2. You want to put ribbon around the edge of a picture. Area or perimeter?

• Perimeter
• Area
• Neither
• Both, always

3. A rectangle is 6 cm by 4 cm. What is its area in square cm?

Answer:

4. That same rectangle, 6 cm by 4 cm — what is its perimeter in cm?

Answer:

5. Two rectangles both have a perimeter of 12 cm. Must they have the same area?

• No
• Yes
• Only if they are squares
• You cannot tell

6. A shape with a bigger perimeter always has a bigger area.

• True
• False

7. A square is 5 m on each side. Which is the bigger number, its area or its perimeter?

• The area
• The perimeter
• They are equal
• You cannot tell

8. A square is 4 cm on each side. What is its area in square cm?

Answer:

9. A square is 4 cm on each side. Its area and its perimeter are …

• the same number, but they measure different things
• exactly the same thing
• never the same number
• both areas

10. Perimeter measures the distance around, and area measures the space inside.

• True
• False