πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
📏 Perimeter
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A rectangle has a perimeter of 24 units. One side is 2 units long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ units
2A rectangle is 6 units long and 9 units wide. What is its perimeter?
Answer: ______________ units
3A rectangle is 11 units long and 12 units wide. What is its perimeter?
Answer: ______________ units
4Two rectangles both have an area of 36 square units: one is 6 by 6 and one is 3 by 12 units. Which has the bigger perimeter?
- A6 by 6
- BThey are the same
- C3 by 12
5A rectangle is 2 units long and 7 units wide. What is its perimeter?
Answer: ______________ units
6Two rectangles both have an area of 12 square units: one is 2 by 6 and one is 3 by 4 units. Which has the bigger perimeter?
- A3 by 4
- BThey are the same
- C2 by 6
7Two rectangles both have an area of 72 square units: one is 6 by 12 and one is 8 by 9 units. Which has the bigger perimeter?
- A6 by 12
- BThey are the same
- C8 by 9
8A rectangle is 2 units long and 3 units wide. What is its perimeter?
Answer: ______________ units
9Two rectangles both have an area of 40 square units: one is 4 by 10 and one is 5 by 8 units. Which has the bigger perimeter?
- A5 by 8
- B4 by 10
- CThey are the same
10Two rectangles both have an area of 48 square units: one is 6 by 8 and one is 4 by 12 units. Which has the bigger perimeter?
- AThey are the same
- B6 by 8
- C4 by 12
11A rectangle has a perimeter of 30 units. One side is 4 units long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ units
12A rectangle is 5 units long and 3 units wide. What is its perimeter?
Answer: ______________ units
Answer key: Perimeter
- 1. 10 units
- 2. 30 units
- 3. 46 units
- 4. C (3 by 12)
- 5. 18 units
- 6. C (2 by 6)
- 7. A (6 by 12)
- 8. 10 units
- 9. B (4 by 10)
- 10. C (4 by 12)
- 11. 11 units
- 12. 16 units
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