Word Problems

A rectangle field's length is 1/4 longer than its width. If the perimeter is 36 meters what is the area?
What is perimeter?   Perimeter is the total distance around the outer edge of an object or geometric figure.
In circles perimeter is called the circumference. 

What is area? The amount of surface space within a certain boundary. For example the floor space in a room. Area is measured in square units i.e. cm sq or cm² can be in other measures such as feet, miles, km etc return