Measuring and Estimating Perimeter

Kayla wants to build a fence in her backyard. The length of her backyard is 12 feet and the width is 8 feet. How many feet of fence will she need to buy?

• 75 feet

• 20 square feet

• 1350 feet

• 40 feet

Use the formulas for perimeter and area of rectangles to solve each problem Find y.

A square has a perimeter of 48 millimeters and an area of 144 square millimeters. What is the measurement of one side? 

• 12 mm

• 8 mm

• 6 mm

• 14 mm

If a square has a side the length of 10cm, what is the perimeter?

• 100 cm

• 5 cm

• 40 cm

• 50 cm

The perimeter of a square is 220cm. What is the length of each side?

• 80 cm

• 40 cm

• 10 cm length and 22 cm width

• 55 cm

• 32

• 36

• 12

• 16

Determine the perimeter of the square below.

• 144 yards

• 24 yards

• 48 yards

• 36 yards

Using the given measurements, find the perimeter of the rectangle.

• 46 ft

• 120 ft

• 23 ft

• 32 ft

This is Paul's backyard, he wants to build a fence surrounding his backyard. Find the Perimeter of Paul's backyard.

• 42

• 21

• 36

• 27

Jim Bob moved to a house with a pool. He needed to buy a cover to put over the pool for when it gets colder. He measured the length of the pool, and it was 30 feet long. He measured the width of the pool, and it was 15 feet long. What is the perimeter of the pool?

• The perimeter is equal to 30 x 15 = 450 feet

• The perimeter is equal to 30 + 15 + 30 + 15 = 90 feet

• The perimeter is equal to 30 + 15 = 45 feet