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Measuring Garden Perimeter
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Measuring Garden Perimeter
Work through each question. Show your calculations and include units in your answers.
Perimeter essentials
1.What does the perimeter of a garden bed measure?
- The distance all the way around its outside edge
- The amount of soil it can hold
- The size of the surface inside its boundary
- The vertical distance from the ground to its highest point
2.Which unit is the most sensible choice for recording the perimeter of a large backyard garden?
- Millimetres
- Centimetres
- Metres
- Kilometres
3.A rectangular herb bed is 5.5 m long and 2.5 m wide. What is its perimeter?
- 8 m
- 16 m
- 13.75 m
- 27.5 m
Calculate and apply
4.A triangular garden has sides of 3.6 m, 2.9 m and 4.1 m. Find its perimeter. Show the addition you used.
5.An L-shaped garden border has six consecutive edge lengths of 3.4 m, 1.2 m, 1.6 m, 0.9 m, 1.8 m and 2.1 m. Add the lengths to find the total border length.
6.Each side of a square vegetable patch is 275 cm long. Convert the side length to metres, then calculate the perimeter in metres.
7.A rectangular garden is 8 m long and 3.5 m wide. A fence costs $18 per metre. Find the total cost of fencing the whole garden.
Plan a garden boundary
8.Sketch a rectangular garden that is 7 m long and 4 m wide. Label both pairs of sides, then calculate how much edging is needed to go all the way around it.
9.In one sentence, explain one practical reason a gardener might calculate a garden's perimeter before starting a project.
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