Question

Yasmine wants to buy a pool cover. Will she need to calculate perimeter or area in order to determine how big the cover needs to be?
Perimeter
Area

Answer 1

Yasmine will need to calculate the **area** to determine how big the pool cover needs to be. The area will help her understand how much surface space the cover needs to cover the entire pool. Perimeter is more relevant if she were determining the length of material needed to go around the edges, but for covering the entire pool, area is the key measurement.