IXL | Area and perimeter: word problems

Mike's vegetable patch is 6 meters wide and 27 meters long. Mike wants to build a fence around the vegetable patch. The fencing material costs $3.74 per meter. How much would it cost in total to build the fence?

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Dave's living room is 22 feet wide and 25 feet long. He wants to put a border around the top of the room. The cost of the border is $0.88 per foot. How much will it cost to buy enough of the border to go around the room?

key idea

Find the perimeter of a rectangle by adding the lengths of the sides.

solution

Picture the rectangle:

	25
22		22
	25

Add the lengths:

22 + 25 + 22 + 25 = 94

The perimeter is 94 feet. Now multiply the price per foot by the perimeter.


	$0.88

×	94


	352

+	7920

$82.72

It will cost $82.72 to buy enough border.

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