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Perimeter on the School Playground

Grade 3 perimeter practice on a school playground: add side lengths, find a missing side, and tell perimeter apart from area.

Grade 3MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to3.MD.D.8

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  • Single worksheet
  • Auto-graded online
  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 14 questions
  • Classroom-ready

Details

Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 3
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students find the perimeter of polygons by adding all the side lengths.
  • Students find an unknown side length when the perimeter and the other side lengths are given.
  • Students tell perimeter apart from area, including rectangles with the same area and different perimeters.

How to use

Use after introducing perimeter as the distance around a shape. Have students sketch each shape and label every side before they add.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

3.MD.D.8

Solve problems about perimeters of polygons, including finding an unknown side length.

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Perimeter on the School Playground

Add side lengths and find missing sides around the playground.

Find the perimeter

The perimeter is the distance all the way around a shape. Add the lengths of all the sides.

1.
The sandbox is a rectangle 8 feet long and 5 feet wide.

The perimeter of the sandbox is   feet.

2.
The flower patch is a triangle with sides 4 meters, 5 meters, and 6 meters.

The perimeter of the flower patch is   meters.

3.
The bench area is a pentagon. Its 5 sides are 6 feet, 6 feet, 4 feet, 8 feet, and 4 feet long.

The perimeter of the bench area is   feet.

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