Measuring and estimating perimeter

Which measurement is 1-dimensional (a line)?

• perimeter

• area

• volume

• surface area

Determine whether you would need to find the perimeter, area, or volume in the following situation.

Mrs. Hernandez needs to mix up enough blue icing to make a trim of flowers to decorate the edges of the cake?

• Perimeter

• Area

• Volume

The distance around a polygon is called . . .

The art class is going to add a decorative border around the trophy case in the hallway.

• Area

• Perimeter

• Volume

Demarcus is putting a fence around his backyard. His backyard is a square, measuring 15 meters on each side. If fencing costs $32 per meter, how much would it cost him to put his fence up?

• Area

• Perimeter

If I need to put a fence around my circular garden, what will I need to solve for?

• Area

• Circumference

• Radius

• Chord

Marco is hiking around the Virginia border. Marco is hiking the -

• perimeter of Virginia

• area of Virginia

• mass of Virginia

• volume of Virginia

The distance around a polygon is called the

• area

• perimeter

• volume

• circumference

What does perimeter mean?

• the amount of space inside a shape

• the amount of space inside a shape divided by two

• the distance around the shape

• half the distance around a shape

The distance around an object is called the 

• area

• perimeter

• surface area

• altitude