πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
📏 Perimeter
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A rectangle has a perimeter of 30 units. One side is 12 units long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ units
2Two rectangles both have an area of 16 square units: one is 4 by 4 and one is 2 by 8 units. Which has the bigger perimeter?
- A4 by 4
- B2 by 8
- CThey are the same
3A rectangle is 3 units long and 24 units wide. What is its perimeter?
Answer: ______________ units
4A rectangle has a perimeter of 144 units. One side is 29 units long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ units
5Two rectangles both have a perimeter of 36 units: one is 7 by 11 and one is 6 by 12 units. Which has the bigger area?
- A7 by 11
- B6 by 12
- CThey are the same
6Two rectangles both have a perimeter of 32 units: one is 4 by 12 and one is 6 by 10 units. Which has the bigger area?
- A4 by 12
- B6 by 10
- CThey are the same
7A rectangle is 32 units long and 46 units wide. What is its perimeter?
Answer: ______________ units
8A rectangle is 24 units long and 24 units wide. What is its perimeter?
Answer: ______________ units
9Two rectangles both have an area of 24 square units: one is 2 by 12 and one is 4 by 6 units. Which has the bigger perimeter?
- A4 by 6
- B2 by 12
- CThey are the same
10Two rectangles both have a perimeter of 20 units: one is 5 by 5 and one is 2 by 8 units. Which has the bigger area?
- A2 by 8
- BThey are the same
- C5 by 5
11A rectangle is 37 units long and 21 units wide. What is its perimeter?
Answer: ______________ units
12Two rectangles both have a perimeter of 28 units: one is 7 by 7 and one is 6 by 8 units. Which has the bigger area?
- AThey are the same
- B7 by 7
- C6 by 8
Answer key: Perimeter
- 1. 3 units
- 2. B (2 by 8)
- 3. 54 units
- 4. 43 units
- 5. A (7 by 11)
- 6. B (6 by 10)
- 7. 156 units
- 8. 96 units
- 9. B (2 by 12)
- 10. C (5 by 5)
- 11. 116 units
- 12. B (7 by 7)
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