Perimeter Practice

The distance around an object is called the 

• area

• perimeter

Farmer Jose built a fence around his rectangular pig's pen. The fence was 10 feet long and 7 feet wide. How many feet of fencing would he need for his pig's pen?

• 70 feet

• 17 feet

• 34 feet

• 36 feet

Brian wants to fence in his rectangular garden. He has a plot of land that is 7 feet long and 6 feet wide. How much fencing will he need?

• 26 feet

• 20 feet

• 12 feet

• 42 feet

The distance around a two dimensional shape.

     __________________

• volume

• area

• perimeter

• rectangular prism

Farmer Bob needs to build a fence for his chickens.  The area he wants to build a fence around is 40 feet long and 20 feet wide.  How many feet of fence does he need to buy?

• 800 feet

• 120 feet

• 60 feet

• 80 feet

Find the perimeter of the inside (blue) rectangle and express it in the appropriate units.

• 96 ft

• 96 sq ft

• 148 sq ft

• 512 ft

The perimeter of the given polygon is ___________

• 15 cm

• 24 cm

• 20 cm

• 18 cm

Perimeter

• The distance around a two-dimensional shape. 

• Part of a line with two end points. 

• The point where two sides meet. 

• The amount of space occupied by a three-dimensional object. 

Find the perimeter of this shape:

• 41 m

• 51 m

• 50 m

• 47 m

What is the perimeter of this shape?

• 40 sq. cm

• 26 cm

• 20 cm

• 24 sq. cm