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Farmer Brown’s Fences
Directions—Read each word problem and solve. Use the grid paper on the back and draw each array.
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1. Farmer Brown needs help! He has to build a bigger coop that is 4 x 6 yards for his chickens. He needs you
to figure out how much wood he will need to build the fence (perimeter). He also needs to know the area so
he can determine how many chickens will fit inside.
Farmer Brown needs ____________ yards of wood to build the fence.
The area of the chicken coop is _______________.
2. The pigs keep running away! Farmer Brown has to build a fence to keep his pigs in. The fence needs to be
5 x 8 yards. How much wood will he need (perimeter)? What will the area of the pig pen be?
Farmer Brown needs ____________ yards of wood to build the fence.
The area of the pig pen will be _______________.
3. Farmer Brown’s wife is bored! She wants to start a vegetable garden. She needs to build a fence that is
3 x 7 yards around her garden to keep the goats out. How much wood does she need (perimeter)? She also
needs to know how many seeds to plant, so what will the area of the garden be?
Mrs. Farmer Brown needs _____________ feet of wood to build the fence.
The area of the garden will be ________________.
4. Farmer Brown decides to make a shed to hold his tools and farm equipment. The square shed needs to
have a perimeter of 20 feet, so how long should its sides be? Draw the array on the back.
The sides of the shed should be _________ long.
5. If Farmer Brown’s cornfield has an area of 12 square yards, what could the length and width of its sides
be? List out all the possibilities below and draw the arrays on the back. Hint—there are 3…