Perimeter resources

Students calculate the shapes with the largest and smallest perimeter and identify a relationship between the features of a shape and the perimeter.

Students answer questions about perimeter and length of square and rectangle shapes.

Students identify which of four shapes created from equilateral triangles has the largest area and which has the largest perimeter.

Students draw shapes to show how the perimeter increases and decreases for different shapes of the same area size.

Students calculate the perimeter and area of a composite shape.

Students calculate the width, height, perimeter and area of a dressing table, and the volume of a drawer from given measurements.

Students calculate area of colours and the perimeter of a flag.

Students calculate the length of fencing around a deck.

Students calculate the distance around three different sized gardens.

Students use the measurements of a swimming pool and surrounding area to calculate perimeter, area and quantity of tiles needed for the surrounds.

Students evaluate and simplify algebraic expressions for the side lengths and perimeter of a composite shape. They then find x for a given perimeter.

Students are asked to work out the perimeter of different polygon shapes.

Students find the perimeters for range of different 4-sided polygons.

In this practical task, students make different shapes with four multi-link cubes, draw them, identify the smallest perimeter, and explain what happens to the area.

In this practical task, students cut out shapes and combine them to make a shape with the largest perimeter, and calculate the perimeter and area.

Students calculate and identify the shape with the largest area, and the longest perimeter from three shapes drawn on a grid.

Students find the width and perimeter of three rectangles with the same area and different lengths.

Students calculate the area of composite shapes.

Students calculate the area and perimeter of four shapes on a grid.

Students identify the error in three statements made about the perimeter and area of given objects.

Students calculate the volume of 3-dimensional shapes made up from cubes.

Students calculate the length of a builder's string line.

Students calculate the area of an extension to a cottage and the area around the buildings.

Students calculate the perimeter and area of three composite shapes.

Students calculate the perimeter of a range of 2-dimensional shapes.