Practice finding the perimeter of simple shapes by adding the lengths of their sides.
Read each problem carefully. Add all side lengths to find the perimeter. Show your work in the space provided.
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Math - Grade 2-3
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A square has 4 sides. Each side is 3 inches long. What is the perimeter of the square?
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A rectangle has side lengths of 6 feet, 2 feet, 6 feet, and 2 feet. What is the perimeter?
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A triangle has sides that are 4 cm, 5 cm, and 6 cm long. What is the perimeter of the triangle?
- 4
Look at a shape with 4 sides. The side lengths are 2 meters, 3 meters, 2 meters, and 3 meters. What is the perimeter?
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A garden is shaped like a rectangle. It is 8 feet long and 4 feet wide. What is the perimeter of the garden?
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A square picture frame has a side length of 5 inches. What is the perimeter of the frame?
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A playground is 10 yards long and 7 yards wide. What is the perimeter of the playground?
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A triangle-shaped sign has side lengths of 9 inches, 9 inches, and 4 inches. What is the perimeter?
- 9
A square tile has a perimeter of 16 cm. Each side of the tile is the same length. How long is one side?
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A rectangle has a length of 9 cm and a width of 1 cm. What is its perimeter?
- 11
A dog pen is shaped like a square. Each side is 6 feet long. How much fencing is needed to go around the dog pen?
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Find the perimeter of a shape with sides of 3 cm, 3 cm, 3 cm, 3 cm, and 3 cm.
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A rectangle has a perimeter of 18 inches. One long side is 7 inches and one short side is 2 inches. What are the lengths of the other two sides?
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A path on grid paper goes 4 squares across, 3 squares down, 4 squares back, and 3 squares up. Each square side is 1 unit. What is the perimeter of the path?
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Mia draws a rectangle with sides of 5 cm and 4 cm. Ben draws a square with sides of 4 cm. Which shape has the greater perimeter?