Quiz about Math Perimeters

Question 1

If you had to build a fence around your back yard, which measure would you use to find the amount of fencing needed?

Accepted Answer

Perimeter

Answer

Circumference

Answer

Volume

Answer

Area

Question 2

What is the perimeter of a square with an area of 9 square feet?

Accepted Answer

12 feet

Answer

81 feet

Answer

36 feet

Answer

18 feet

Question 3

Enid has a rectangular bedspread that measures 80 inches by 54 inches. She wants to sew a fringe around the edge of the bedspread.

How much fringe does she need in inches?

Accepted Answer

268

Answer

134

Answer

188

Answer

214

Question 4

The length of a rectangular field is 65 meters. Its width is 35 meters. Joni ran around the field 4 times. How far did she run?

Accepted Answer

800 meters

Answer

600 meters

Answer

1,000 meters

Answer

1,125 meters

Question 5

Wade built a fence around a rectangular section of his backyard. The length of the section is 20 feet and the width is 5 feet. What is the perimeter of the fenced section?

Accepted Answer

50 feet

Answer

10 feet

Answer

75 feet

Answer

100 feet

Question 6

Nathan is measuring a square tile. One side of the tile is 3 inches. What is the perimeter of the tile?

Accepted Answer

9 inches

Answer

12 inches

Answer

6 inches

Answer

3 inches

Question 7

Which of the following formulas, or rules, cannot be used to calculate the perimeter of a rectangle?

Accepted Answer

P = l + w

Answer

P = l + w + l + w

Answer

P = 2 ( l + w)

Answer

P = 2l + 2w

Question 8

A book had a length of 6 cm and a width of 9 cm. What is the perimeter of the book?

Accepted Answer

30 cm

Answer

50 cm

Answer

15 cm

Answer

35 cm

Question 9

Molly and Ted built pens for their dogs.

Molly made a pen 12 meters by 8 meters.

Ted's pen is 15 meters by 6 meters.

Who will need more fencing to build the pen?

Accepted Answer

Ted will need more fencing.

Answer

Molly will need more fencing.

Answer

They will both need the same amount of fencing.

Question 10

Chad is fencing a rectangular dog kennel that measures 7 ft x 15 ft. Which of the following can be used to find the perimeter of the dog kennel?

Accepted Answer

P = (2 x 7) + (2 x 15)

Answer

P = 7 x 15

Answer

P = 2 (7 x 15)

Answer

P = (2 + 7) x (2 + 15)

Question 11

The distance around a shape is called

Accepted Answer

perimeter.

Answer

area.

Answer

mass.

Question 12

Bill takes a strip of thin wire 48 cm long and bends it to form a rectangle. The two ends of the wire neatly join. If Bill's rectangle is 8 cm wide, what is its length?

Accepted Answer

16 cm

Answer

6 cm

Answer

32 cm

Answer

42 cm

Question 13

The distance from Joe's house to the store, to the gas station, to the library, and then home again is 28 miles. If his journey to all four places resembles a square, how far did he travel from home to the store?

Accepted Answer

7 miles

Answer

14 miles

Answer

10 miles

Answer

21 miles

Question 14

The rectangle has a width that measures 100 yards. The length is three times the width. What is the perimeter of the rectangle in yards?

Accepted Answer

800 yards

Answer

400 yards

Answer

900 yards

Answer

1,200 yards

Question 15

A rectangle has a length of 5 ft and width of 3 ft.

Find the perimeter of this rectangle.

Accepted Answer

16 ft

Answer

10 ft

Answer

7 ft

Answer

9 ft

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