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5/10/24, 8:50 PM Solve Area Of A Rectangle Word Problems - Worksheet

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1. Sammy is cutting up paper for an arts & crafts project. 2. Rita is trying to organize their shed to fit some old
The sheet that Sammy cut is 8 inches wide and 7 storage boxes. If the shed has a length of 9 feet and a
inches long. How much room Sammy will have to draw width of 10 feet, how much space does the shed have
on the paper for the art project? to hold storage boxes?

3. The carnival is in town and has a game where players 4. Shanna is cutting up paper for an arts & crafts project.
try to throw darts at a rectangular target. The target is The sheet that Shanna cut is 8 inches wide and 3
4 centimeters wide and 9 centimeters long. What is the inches long. How much room Shanna will have to draw
size of surface of the target? on the paper for the art project?

5. Shanna is an architect designing a house for a new 6. Marianna is shopping for furniture to put on their
family. The guest bedroom has an area of 60 square apartment balcony and wants to make sure all the new
meters and a length of 6 meters. What is the width of furniture can fit. The balcony has an area of 81 square
the room? meters and a length of 9 meters. What is the balcony's
width?

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7. Prim is a street artist hoping to create a mural on main 8. Sammy is painting a fence with his friend Tom Sawyer.
street. The wall that Prim has chosen for the mural has The fence has an area of 70 square feet and is 10
an area of 40 square yards and a length of 5 yards. meters wide. What is the length of the fence?
What is the wall's width?

9. Jane is a street artist hoping to create a mural on main 10. Marianna has opened a bubble tea shop where drinks
street. The wall that Jane has chosen for the mural has are placed on a wide counter for customers to pick up
an area of 24 square yards and a width of 4 yards. after they have ordered. If the countertop has an area
What is the wall's length? of 64 square feet and is 8 feet wide, what is the
length of the countertop?

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Solve area of a rectangle word problems


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1. Sammy is cutting up paper for an arts & crafts project. 2. Rita is trying to organize their shed to fit some old
The sheet that Sammy cut is 8 inches wide and 7 storage boxes. If the shed has a length of 9 feet and a
inches long. How much room Sammy will have to draw width of 10 feet, how much space does the shed have
on the paper for the art project? to hold storage boxes?

56 square inches 90 square feet

3. The carnival is in town and has a game where players 4. Shanna is cutting up paper for an arts & crafts project.
try to throw darts at a rectangular target. The target is The sheet that Shanna cut is 8 inches wide and 3
4 centimeters wide and 9 centimeters long. What is the inches long. How much room Shanna will have to draw
size of surface of the target? on the paper for the art project?

36 square centimeters 24 square inches

5. Shanna is an architect designing a house for a new 6. Marianna is shopping for furniture to put on their
family. The guest bedroom has an area of 60 square apartment balcony and wants to make sure all the new
meters and a length of 6 meters. What is the width of furniture can fit. The balcony has an area of 81 square
the room? meters and a length of 9 meters. What is the balcony's
width?
10 meters
9 meters

7. Prim is a street artist hoping to create a mural on main 8. Sammy is painting a fence with his friend Tom Sawyer.
street. The wall that Prim has chosen for the mural has The fence has an area of 70 square feet and is 10
an area of 40 square yards and a length of 5 yards. meters wide. What is the length of the fence?
What is the wall's width?
7 yards
8 yards

9. Jane is a street artist hoping to create a mural on main 10. Marianna has opened a bubble tea shop where drinks
street. The wall that Jane has chosen for the mural has are placed on a wide counter for customers to pick up
an area of 24 square yards and a width of 4 yards. after they have ordered. If the countertop has an area
What is the wall's length? of 64 square feet and is 8 feet wide, what is the
length of the countertop?
6 yards
8 feet

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