Perimeter of Simple Shapes
Adding side lengths to find the distance around
Perimeter of Simple Shapes
Adding side lengths to find the distance around
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?
A square has 4 equal sides.
The perimeter is 12 inches because 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 12. - 2
A rectangle has side lengths of 6 feet, 2 feet, 6 feet, and 2 feet. What is the perimeter?
The perimeter is 16 feet because 6 + 2 + 6 + 2 = 16. - 3
A triangle has sides that are 4 cm, 5 cm, and 6 cm long. What is the perimeter of the triangle?
Add the lengths of all 3 sides.
The perimeter is 15 cm because 4 + 5 + 6 = 15. - 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?
The perimeter is 10 meters because 2 + 3 + 2 + 3 = 10. - 5
A garden is shaped like a rectangle. It is 8 feet long and 4 feet wide. What is the perimeter of the garden?
A rectangle has two long sides and two short sides.
The perimeter is 24 feet because 8 + 4 + 8 + 4 = 24. - 6
A square picture frame has a side length of 5 inches. What is the perimeter of the frame?
The perimeter is 20 inches because 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 20. - 7
A playground is 10 yards long and 7 yards wide. What is the perimeter of the playground?
Add the length, the width, the length, and the width.
The perimeter is 34 yards because 10 + 7 + 10 + 7 = 34. - 8
A triangle-shaped sign has side lengths of 9 inches, 9 inches, and 4 inches. What is the perimeter?
The perimeter is 22 inches because 9 + 9 + 4 = 22. - 9
A square tile has a perimeter of 16 cm. Each side of the tile is the same length. How long is one side?
Think of a number that can be added 4 times to make 16.
One side is 4 cm because 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 = 16. - 10
A rectangle has a length of 9 cm and a width of 1 cm. What is its perimeter?
The perimeter is 20 cm because 9 + 1 + 9 + 1 = 20. - 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?
The amount of fencing needed is the perimeter.
The dog pen needs 24 feet of fencing because 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 = 24. - 12
Find the perimeter of a shape with sides of 3 cm, 3 cm, 3 cm, 3 cm, and 3 cm.
The perimeter is 15 cm because 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 15. - 13
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?
In a rectangle, the opposite sides have the same length.
The other two sides are 7 inches and 2 inches because opposite sides of a rectangle are equal. - 14
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?
The perimeter is 14 units because 4 + 3 + 4 + 3 = 14. - 15
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?
Find both perimeters, then compare the totals.
Mia's rectangle has the greater perimeter. The rectangle's perimeter is 18 cm, and the square's perimeter is 16 cm.