CONVERTING CUSTOMARY UNITS WORD PROBLEMS WORKSHEET

Problem 1 :

Brian was tiling a patio and ran out of tiles. The width of the remaining area is 2/3 yard. The length of the remaining area is 4 yards. What is the area Brian has left to tile ?

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Problem 2 :

Rylee knows that the area for the face-painting station is 166 square feet. She knows that the length of the rectangular area is 12 feet. How wide is the area ? 

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Problem 3 :                                                                   

Coby needs to know the area and perimeter of his farm property. The length of his property is 1/12 mile and the width is 3/8 mile. What is the area ? what is the perimeter ?

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Problem 4 :

The area for the dance floor is 45 square feet, and one side is 8 feet. What is the length of the other side ?

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Problem 5 :

Margo wants new carpet and a new wallpaper border for her bedroom. The room is 5.4 meters long and 4 7/8 meters wide.

About how many square meters of carpet will she need ?

About how many meters of wallpaper border will she need ?

Solution

Problem 6 :

Tomas has a garden with a length of 2.45 meters and a width of 5/8 meter. Use benchmarks to estimate the area and perimeter of the garden.

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