Area and Perimeter Answers

You work in a bakery, and you are adding an edible lace border around the top edge of a quarter sheet cake. A quarter sheet cake is rectangular with a length of 13 inches and a width of 9 inches. What is the length of the border around the cake?

You work for a company that builds custom wood furniture. The front of the roof of a doghouse you are designing is a triangle with side lengths of 4 feet, 2.1 feet, and 2.1 feet. What is the length of the triangular border on the front of the roof?

A trampoline manufacturer is creating a bumper for the outside edge of a circular trampoline with a diameter of 10 feet. What is the total length of the bumper?

A manufacturing company is making pizza trays that have a radius of 9 inches. There is a protective lip surrounding the tray so the pizza does not slide off. What is the length of the protective lip?

You work as a veterinary technician in an animal hospital. Dog kennels have a width of 4 feet and length of 5 feet. How much space on the floor of the kennel do dogs have to move?

For a landscaping project, a common area has a triangular garden in the center. The base of the garden is 10 feet and the height of the garden is 8 feet. What is the area of the garden?

You work for a sign-making company, and you are making a circular sign for a customer. The customer requested that the sign have a radius of 3 feet. Your manager needs to know how much sheet metal will be used to make the sign. Approximately how much sheet metal is needed for the sign?

You work in a nursery, and you are recommending mulch to a customer. To determine the number of bags of mulch the customer should buy, you need to determine the area of the customer’s garden. The customer has a circular garden 12 feet in diameter. What is the approximate area of the garden in square feet?