Perimeter of a Rectangle

Q. Jax ran once around the soccer field and the basketball court. Jane ran once around the tennis court and the soccer field. Pierre ran once around the tennis court and the basketball court. Who covered the smallest distance?

1. Pierre
2. Jax
3. Jane
4. All 3 ran the same distance.

Q. Find the length of the fence required if the park has dimensions 150 feet × 75 feet.

1. 400 feet
2. 450 feet
3. 500 feet
4. 550 feet

Q. Find the perimeter of the rectangle,


whose length is "L" and width is "W".

1. $2\times$ LW
2. $2\times$ L + W
3. $2\times$ (L + W)
4. None of the above

Q. The garden has to be fenced with barbed wire. If the cost of the wire is $10 per yard, find the total cost.

1. $700
2. $750
3. $800
4. $900

Q. The perimeter of a rectangle with sides $20$ cm and $12$ cm is cm and the area is square cm.

1. $240$
2. $64$
3. $200$
4. $32$
5. $60$
6. $180$

Q. A rectangle display board have length as $10$ m and breadth as $8$ m. What is the length of the ribbon that will be added around the display board? If the cost of the ribbon is $10$ dollars per metre then how much money does David needs to buy the ribbon?

1. $360$ dollars
2. $180$ dollars
3. $36$ dollars

Q. A rectangular garden is $2$ times long as it is wide. The perimeter of the garden is 60 feet. The width of the rectangular garden is.

1. $10$ feet
2. $20$ feet
3. $30$ feet

Q. The perimeter of a rectangle is $20$ units. If the length of one side is $6$ units, what is the length of the other side?

Q. What will be the perimeter of a rectangular park with length $12$ units and breadth half of it's length?

1. $44$ units
2. $36$ units

Q. If the perimeter of the shown tiled floor is 20 units, it’s area is ______ sq. units.

Q. The border of the notice board has to be decorated on all sides using a flower strip. Find the total length of the strip required.

1. 100 inches
2. 200 inches
3. 220 inches
4. 300 inches

Q. The area of a rectangular field is $15$ times the sum of its length and breadth. If the length of that field is $40$ metres, what is the breadth of that field?

1. $24$ metres
2. $25$ metres
3. $28$ metres
4. $20$ metres

Q. The cost of painting the fence is $5 per feet. Find the total cost of painting the fencing around the park.

1. $3, 000
2. $2, 000
3. $2, 500
4. $1, 000

Q. The photograph is 15 inches long and 8 inches wide. Find the perimeter of the inner edge of the photo frame.

1. 45 inches
2. 46 inches
3. 48 inches
4. 50 inches

Q. Perimeter of rectangle = $2\times$(Length + Width), because the opposite sides of a rectangle are of equal lengths.

1. True
2. False

Q. Find the length of the border used for the carpet.

1. 110 feet
2. 120 feet
3. 130 feet
4. 140 feet

Q. Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.
Cricket does not. Ground can be oval like the
Adelaide Oval or nearby circular like Chepauk in
Chennai. A six at the Melbourne Cricket ground
need to clear much more ground than it does at
Feroze Shah Kotla in Delhi.
What are two shapes that a cricket ground can be of?

Q. From this square of side length 12 cm, a small square of side 2 cm is cut off. What will be its new perimeter (in cm)?

1. 36
2. 38
3. 52
4. 40

Q. Olivia bought $40$ m wire for fencing her own rectangular field of length $9$ m and width $7$ m. How much wire is left with her?

1. $4$ m
2. $8$ m
3. $12$ m
4. $14$ m

Q. Jane wants to send Christmas cards to her friends. She decorates the border with a satin ribbon. If the satin ribbon costs 50 cents per inch, what is the total cost of the ribbon?

1. $3
2. $5
3. $6
4. $7