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Perimeter Measurement Practice

Tevita and Aisha are helping prepare the vet clinic. Perimeter is the total distance around the outside of a shape. Show your working and include units in your answers.

Perimeter basics

Check your understanding before taking measurements around the clinic.

1.Aisha needs to put a strip of non-slip edging around a rectangular treatment mat. What does she need to find?

The area covered by the mat
The distance around the outside of the mat
The weight of the mat
The distance across the middle of the mat

2.Tevita is measuring the perimeter of a small pet carrier. Which unit is the most suitable?

Millimetres
Centimetre-scale units
Kilometres
Tonnes

3.A rectangular mat is 80 cm long and 45 cm wide. Calculate its perimeter. Show how you worked it out.

Measure and calculate

At the clinic, the team is planning safe spaces for pets and equipment.

4.A temporary triangular pen has sides measuring 1.6 m, 1.9 m and 2.1 m. Find its perimeter.

5.The clinic needs 3.5 m of edging for each side of a square recovery area. How much edging is needed altogether?

6.Match each clinic item to a suitable tool for measuring its perimeter.

Small medicine box
Large examination table
Long kennel run

Tape measure
Ruler
Trundle wheel

7.Mei measured the four sides of a rectangular kennel area: 2.4 m, 1.8 m, 2.4 m and 1.8 m. Find the perimeter.

Solve the clinic challenge

Use what you know about perimeter to help Tevita make a sensible plan.

8.A rectangular waiting-area mat has a perimeter of 18 m. Its length is 5 m. What is its width? Show your reasoning.

9.A measuring tape shows a kennel side is 1.25 m long. Convert this length to cm.

10.Aisha measured three sides of a small rectangular platform as 90 cm, 50 cm and 90 cm. The missing side is opposite the 50 cm side. What is the perimeter?

11.Why must all side lengths be expressed using the same unit before you add them to find a perimeter? Give an example using measurements from the clinic.