πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
📏 Perimeter
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A rectangle has a perimeter of 40 units. One side is 13 units long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ units
2A rectangle is 16 units long and 5 units wide. What is its perimeter?
Answer: ______________ units
3Two rectangles both have an area of 40 square units: one is 5 by 8 and one is 4 by 10 units. Which has the bigger perimeter?
- AThey are the same
- B4 by 10
- C5 by 8
4Two rectangles both have a perimeter of 32 units: one is 5 by 11 and one is 6 by 10 units. Which has the bigger area?
- A6 by 10
- B5 by 11
- CThey are the same
5A rectangle is 6 units long and 3 units wide. What is its perimeter?
Answer: ______________ units
6Two rectangles both have a perimeter of 44 units: one is 10 by 12 and one is 11 by 11 units. Which has the bigger area?
- A10 by 12
- B11 by 11
- CThey are the same
7Two rectangles both have an area of 36 square units: one is 3 by 12 and one is 6 by 6 units. Which has the bigger perimeter?
- A3 by 12
- BThey are the same
- C6 by 6
8Two rectangles both have a perimeter of 38 units: one is 9 by 10 and one is 7 by 12 units. Which has the bigger area?
- A7 by 12
- BThey are the same
- C9 by 10
9Two 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?
- A2 by 6
- BThey are the same
- C3 by 4
10A rectangle has a perimeter of 60 units. One side is 10 units long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ units
11A rectangle has a perimeter of 52 units. One side is 7 units long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ units
12Two rectangles both have a perimeter of 16 units: one is 3 by 5 and one is 4 by 4 units. Which has the bigger area?
- AThey are the same
- B3 by 5
- C4 by 4
Answer key: Perimeter
- 1. 7 units
- 2. 42 units
- 3. B (4 by 10)
- 4. A (6 by 10)
- 5. 18 units
- 6. B (11 by 11)
- 7. A (3 by 12)
- 8. C (9 by 10)
- 9. A (2 by 6)
- 10. 20 units
- 11. 19 units
- 12. C (4 by 4)
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