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Measuring Perimeter Practice

Help plan a safer community garden and walking track. Show your calculations and include units in every answer.

Perimeter basics

Use the measurements in each question to solve the challenges.

1.The garden team needs to know how much edging to buy. What does perimeter measure?
  • The space inside a shape
  • The distance around the outside of a shape
  • The height of a shape
  • The number of corners in a shape
2.Which units are suitable for describing the perimeter of a garden bed? Select all that apply.
  • millimetres (mm)
  • centimetres (cm)
  • metres (m)
  • kilograms (kg)
3.A rectangular herb bed is 7 m long and 4 m wide. Find its perimeter. Show how you worked it out.
4.A square compost area has sides of 3.5 m. How many metres of edging are needed to go all the way around it?
5.A triangular sign has side lengths 65 cm, 80 cm and 95 cm. Find the length of trim needed around its edge.

Plan the garden

Use the six outside-edge measurements in the L-shaped garden question to solve the garden boundary challenges.

6.An L-shaped garden has six outside edges measuring 12 m, 5 m, 4 m, 7 m, 8 m and 12 m. Calculate the total length of edging needed around it. Add the lengths of all six outside edges and include units.
7.The garden boundary is 48 m long, and edging comes in 10 m rolls. How many whole rolls must the team buy to cover the boundary? Explain why.

Measure, compare and design

Check the scale of your answer and think like a garden planner.

8.A walking track is a rectangle measuring 0.45 km by 0.25 km. What is its perimeter in kilometres? Then convert your answer to metres.
9.A volunteer estimates a 9 m by 6 m rectangular flower plot needs 25 m of border. Is the estimate reasonable? Calculate the exact perimeter and explain.
10.A rectangular enclosure has a perimeter of 34 m and a length of 10 m. Find its width. Show your reasoning.
11.Design a rectangular seedling bed with a perimeter of 24 m. Give one possible length and width, then verify by calculating the perimeter.
Draw your rectangle from question 11. Label its length and width.

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  • Measuring Perimeter Practice, page 1 of 3: Perimeter basics

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  • Measuring Perimeter Practice, page 2 of 3: Plan the garden, Measure, compare and design

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  • Measuring Perimeter Practice, page 3 of 3: 10. A rectangular enclosure has a perimeter of 34 m and a length of 10 m. Find its width.…

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