πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
📏 Perimeter
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A rectangle has a perimeter of 60 units. One side is 11 units long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ units
2Two rectangles both have an area of 12 square units: one is 3 by 4 and one is 2 by 6 units. Which has the bigger perimeter?
- AThey are the same
- B3 by 4
- C2 by 6
3Two rectangles both have a perimeter of 20 units: one is 4 by 6 and one is 2 by 8 units. Which has the bigger area?
- A4 by 6
- B2 by 8
- CThey are the same
4Two rectangles both have an area of 18 square units: one is 3 by 6 and one is 2 by 9 units. Which has the bigger perimeter?
- A2 by 9
- B3 by 6
- CThey are the same
5A rectangle is 5 units long and 16 units wide. What is its perimeter?
Answer: ______________ units
6Two rectangles both have an area of 30 square units: one is 3 by 10 and one is 5 by 6 units. Which has the bigger perimeter?
- A3 by 10
- BThey are the same
- C5 by 6
7Two rectangles both have an area of 48 square units: one is 4 by 12 and one is 6 by 8 units. Which has the bigger perimeter?
- A6 by 8
- BThey are the same
- C4 by 12
8Two rectangles both have a perimeter of 42 units: one is 10 by 11 and one is 9 by 12 units. Which has the bigger area?
- AThey are the same
- B9 by 12
- C10 by 11
9A rectangle has a perimeter of 40 units. One side is 17 units long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ units
10A rectangle is 18 units long and 4 units wide. What is its perimeter?
Answer: ______________ units
11A rectangle is 5 units long and 17 units wide. What is its perimeter?
Answer: ______________ units
12A rectangle has a perimeter of 52 units. One side is 7 units long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ units
Answer key: Perimeter
- 1. 19 units
- 2. C (2 by 6)
- 3. A (4 by 6)
- 4. A (2 by 9)
- 5. 42 units
- 6. A (3 by 10)
- 7. C (4 by 12)
- 8. C (10 by 11)
- 9. 3 units
- 10. 44 units
- 11. 44 units
- 12. 19 units
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