Wade built a fence around a rectangular section of his backyard. The length of the section is 20 feet and the width is 5 feet. What is the perimeter of the fenced section?

The Homecoming dance is going to be held in the school gymnasium which is 300 feet X 300 feet.  The fire marshall requires 4 square feet per person.  How many tickets can the school sell?

Mrs. Callahan is building a new dog pen for her dog, Cooper. She has 24 feet of fencing to build the dog pen. The pen needs to be a rectangle. What are the lengths and widths of several (e.g. four) different sizes of pens that she can make with that amount of fencing? Which pen will give Cooper the largest area to run around in?

If you need to put tile on your kitchen floor, do you need to know the perimeter or the area of the kitchen? Explain your reasoning.

The circumference of the circle is 62.8 inches If three circles are lined up end to end then what is the length of the circles.

Vlad (the vampire) wanted to line the inside of his coffin bed with purple cloth. He measured the inside height, length and width to be twenty-three inches, eighty-four inches and twenty- eight inches. He also noted that it was a rectangular prism. The purple cloth is sold by the foot in sixty inch wide pieces. How many feet of cloth does he need to buy?

A  six foot math teacher casts a shadow measuring twelve feet.  The shadow of a nearby tree is forty-eight feet long.  How tall is the tree?

A football coach is blocking off a rectangular exercise area. The exercise area will have a perimeter of 76 yards. The length of one side will be 8 yards. How long will the other side be?

sears's parking lot measures 250 yards.find the perimeter of the lot

Laurel has an area in her yard that is in the shape of a parallelogram. It has a base of 30 feet and a height of 22 feet. She wants to cover this area with wildflower seeds. She finds out that 1 ounce of seeds covers 125 square feet of ground. How many ounces of seeds does she need to cover this area?         7 ounces         5 ounces         4 ounces         6 ounces