Volume, area, or perimeter?

You are designing a new garden in the shape of a rectangle. You need to know how much fencing material is needed to enclose the garden.

Perimeter

A swimming pool is in the shape of a rectangular prism. You need to calculate how much water it can hold.

Volume

You are painting the walls of a room that has four walls, a floor, and a ceiling. You need to determine how much paint is required for the walls and ceiling.

Area

A rectangular table has a top that you want to cover with a cloth. You need to know how much fabric to buy to cover the entire surface.

Area

You are building a fence around a circular pond. You need to know how much fencing material you will need to go around the entire pond.

Perimeter

A box is being packed with items that have a rectangular shape. You need to calculate the maximum amount of items that can fit in the box.

Volume

You are laying a new carpet in a room that has a rectangular floor. You need to find out how much carpet to buy to cover the entire floor.

Area

You want to build a rectangular garden bed and you need to know how much wood is required for the edges. You are not concerned with the area of soil inside, just the boundary.

Perimeter

You need to determine how much space is occupied by a stack of identical boxes that each have the same length, width, and height.

Volume

You are building a rectangular bookshelf and need to know the total length of wood to frame the structure. You only need the length of the edges.

Perimeter

You have a rectangular garden and need to determine how much mulch to spread across the entire surface of the garden.

Area

You are measuring the amount of material needed to cover the four walls and floor of a box-shaped room with wallpaper. You need to know the total surface area to cover.

Area

You are calculating the amount of paint required for the exterior of a cylindrical water tank. You need to cover the outside surface of the tank.

Area

You are laying bricks around a rectangular patio. You need to determine the length of the border to plan how much material you need.

Perimeter

A shipping company needs to determine how much cargo can be packed into a large box with the dimensions of 3 meters long, 2 meters wide, and 1 meter high.

Volume

You are designing a box to hold a collection of books. You need to find out how much space the box will occupy in a storage area.

Volume

Front: You want to know the amount of flooring needed to cover the entire floor of a square-shaped room.

Area

You are installing a rectangular border around a garden bed. You need to measure the length of the edges to calculate how much border material you need.

Perimeter

You have a box with a height of 2 meters, width of 1 meter, and length of 4 meters. You want to find the total amount of space inside the box.

Volume

You need to find the total distance around a rectangular playground for a running track. This will determine the amount of fencing you need to install.

Perimeter

A teacher is creating a bulletin board with a rectangular surface. She wants to know how much space the bulletin board will take up on the wall.

Area

You need to calculate the amount of material needed to wrap a cylindrical soda can.

Area

A soda can has a cylindrical shape, and you need to calculate the amount of liquid it holds inside.

Volume