Perimeter Vocabulary

The distance AROUND the OUTSIDE of a figure.

• Area

• Perimeter

• Unit

• Around

What is the distance or measurement around a shape?

• unit

• area

• perimeter

• length

The measurement of the outside of an object.

• Area

• Side

• Length

• Perimeter

The distance around a shape or region.

• composite figure

• perimeter

• area

• unit square

The measurement around a 2-D object.

Tags

CCSS.3.MD.D.8

a measurement of the distance around the outer edge of a figure...

• line

• parallel lines

• area

• perimeter

The distance around a figure (add up the length of each side).

• area

• perimeter

• length

• width

The distance around a two-dimensional shape (outside)

• Volume

• Area

• Formula

• Perimeter

• Width

You are putting Christmas lights around the edge of a room. This will be a measure of:

• Perimeter

• Area

• Volume

• Temperature

• Mass

The perimeter is _________

• The distance around a shape

• The space inside a shape

• The square root of the area

• Measured in square units