Area and Perimeter Sort

Read each word problem. Decide if you have to solve for the area, the perimeter, or the missing side length. Drag each problem to the correct category. Perimeter Anna’s rectangular flower garden is seven feet long by five feet wide. If she wants to put fencing around her garden, how much fencing would she need? Mary wants to line the outside edge of her garden with rectangular garden stones. Each garden stone is 1 foot by 1 foot. If her garden is 4 foot by 4 foot. How many garden stones will she need to purchase? Austin got a bundle of garden fencing for his birthday. The bundle has 18 feet of fencing in it. He wants to make a garden that is 3 feet by 6 feet. Will he have enough fencing? Area Nate decided he would plant a flower garden. Each flower will need a 1 foot by 1 foot section to grow and spread its roots. If Nate plants two rows of flowers with 6 flowers in each row, how much space will his garden take up? Scott wanted to buy fertilizing soil to spread in his garden. His garden is 6 foot by 6 foot. He has a bag of fertilizer that will cover 40 square yards. Does he have enough fertilizing soil to cover his garden? Kenzie does not want to weed her garden at all this summer, so she plans to cover the area of her garden with a roll of garden anti-weed bed liner. Her garden is five feet long and three feet wide. How much antiweed bed liner will Kenzie need to buy? Kay wants to spread wild flower seeds in her rectangular garden. Her garden is 3 feet by 4 feet. She bought a bag of seeds that covers 10 square yards. Does Kay have enough seeds to cover her garden? Missing Side Length Katie made a small rectangular garden box to fit on her kitchen window ledge. Her window ledge is three square feet and three feet long. How wide is the window ledge? Zach put white pick-it fencing around his rectangular blueberry patch. His blueberry patch is 45 square yards. He put 9 yards of fencing on one side of the garden. How many yards of fencing did Zach put on the other side? Meg is putting electrically fencing around her rectangular garden. Her garden is 9 square feet. If one side of her garden is 3 feet, how long is the other side of the garden? Cathy wants to keep the deer out of her rectangular pumpkin patch. She decided to put a fence around the outside of her pumpkin patch. The pumpkin patch is 72 square yards. She puts 9 yards of fencing on one side of the patch, how many yards of fencing will she need on the other side of her pumpkin patch?