Perimeter Problems

You are swimming laps along the edges of a large rectangular pool. The length of the longer side is 60 feet and the length of the shorter side is 35 feet. What is the distance, in feet, of one lap around the entire pool?

• 25

• 95

• 180

• 190

• 200

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CCSS.4.MD.A.2

You are a surveyor. You are surveying a piece of land that has boundaries of the following lengths: 175 feet, 150 feet, 125 feet, and 100 feet. What is the length, in feet, of the perimeter of the piece of land?

• 500

• 525

• 550

• 575

• 600

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CCSS.3.MD.D.8

You are a skateboarder. You decide that you will build a rectangular grind box for street-style skating. The box will have one side length of 6 feet and another side length of 12 feet. What is the total perimeter, in feet, of the grind box?

• 6

• 18

• 35

• 36

• 72

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CCSS.3.MD.D.8

You are a painter. You purchase a large rectangular canvas for painting a landscape. The canvas has side lengths of 62 inches and 36 inches. What is the total perimeter of the canvas in inches?

• 26

• 98

• 196

• 202

• 204

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CCSS.4.MD.A.3

You are building a small square pen for your rabbits. You decide that each side of the pen should have a length of 6 feet. What is the length, in feet, of the perimeter of this rabbit pen?

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CCSS.4.MD.A.3

You are a security guard for a bank. Many times a night, you do a security sweep in the building where you walk the perimeter of the main lobby. The lobby is a rectangular room with dimensions of 80 feet by 65 feet. What is the total perimeter of the lobby in feet?

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CCSS.3.MD.D.8

You are building a rectangular dining room table for your new home. The table will be built of white cypress, and its longer sides will be 8 feet long while its shorter sides will be 4 feet long. What will the perimeter, in feet, of this table be?

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CCSS.3.MD.D.8

You are building a gazebo with a triangular roof for your backyard. The rim of the gazebo's roof will be an equilateral triangle will side lengths of 12 feet. What is the perimeter, in feet, of rim of this gazebo's roof?

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CCSS.3.MD.D.8

The United States Pentagon is the home of the United States Department of Defense. It is a five-sided building with outer wall lengths of 920 feet each. What is the perimeter, in feet, of the United States Pentagon's outer walls?

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CCSS.3.MD.D.8

You are making a scale model of a baseball stadium. Your scale model will feature a classic baseball diamond with side lengths of 18 inches each. What will the perimeter, in inches, of this scale baseball diamond?

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CCSS.3.MD.D.8