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Perimeter and Area Measurement
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Perimeter and Area Measurement
A neighbourhood group is planning a small garden. Help them measure borders and growing spaces. Show your working and include the correct units.
Perimeter or area?
Choose the measurement that best fits each situation.
1.The group wants to put a border all the way around a rectangular garden bed. Should they work out its perimeter or its area?
- Perimeter
- Area
2.The group needs to know how much soil to spread over the garden bed. Should they work out its perimeter or its area?
- Perimeter
- Area
3.A garden path is 12 metres long. Which unit would make sense for measuring its perimeter?
- m
- m²
- cm²
Measure the garden beds
Use the side lengths and the square grid to solve each problem.
4.A rectangular herb bed is 7 m long and 3 m wide. Find its perimeter. Show how you worked it out and give the answer in metres.
5.A square seedling bed has sides that are each 5 m long. How many metres of edging are needed to go all the way around it?
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6.What is the area of the planting patch in the grid above? Each filled square is 1 m².
7.A rectangular compost area is 6 m long and 4 m wide. How many 1 m² square mats would cover the whole area?
Plan your own patch
Use what you know about the distance around a shape and the space it covers.
8.Draw a rectangle in the blank space below. Label its length and width in whole metres, then calculate its perimeter and area. Choose dimensions that are different from the examples above.
9.Ivy says, “A garden bed with a larger area must always have a larger perimeter.” Is Ivy correct? Explain using an example or your own reasoning.
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