📐 Part 1: Understanding Perimeter

1. What is perimeter?

The area inside a shape

The distance around a shape

The height of a shape

The width of a shape

2. To find the perimeter of a rectangle, you need to:

Multiply length × width

Add all four side lengths together

Count the corners

Measure only two sides

3. Which units can be used to measure perimeter? (Check all that apply)

Centimetres (cm)

Metres (m)

Hand spans

Degrees (°C)

📏 Part 2: Calculating Perimeter

4. A square has sides that are each 6 cm long. What is the perimeter?

Perimeter = _______ cm

5. A rectangle is 8 cm long and 5 cm wide. Calculate the perimeter.

Perimeter = _______ cm

6. Find the perimeter of this triangle:

Side 1 = 4 cm, Side 2 = 6 cm, Side 3 = 5 cm

Perimeter = _______ cm

7. Sarah wants to put a fence around her rectangular garden. The garden is 12 metres long and 8 metres wide. How much fencing does she need?

Sarah needs _______ metres of fencing.

8. Draw a rectangle with a perimeter of 16 cm. Label the length of each side.

9. Explain in your own words what perimeter means and give one example of when you might need to measure perimeter in real life.

10. If you walked around the outside edge of your classroom, you would be measuring the classroom's ______________.