List of top Mathematics Questions on Perimeter asked in CBSE Class VI

A piece of string is 30 cm long. What will be the length of each side if the string is used to form : 

1. a square? 
2.  an equilateral triangle? 
3.  a regular hexagon?

What is the perimeter of each of the following figures? What do you infer from the answers?

Find the perimeter of each of the following shapes : 

1. A triangle of sides 3 cm, 4 cm and 5 cm. 
2.  An equilateral triangle of side 9 cm. 
3.  An isosceles triangle with equal sides 8 cm each and third side 6 cm.

Sweety runs around a square park of side 75 m. Bulbul runs around a rectangular park with length 60 m and breadth 45 m. Who covers less distance?

The perimeter of a regular pentagon is 100 cm. How long is its each side?

Avneet buys \(9\) square paving slabs, each with a side of \(\frac{1}{ 2}\) m. He lays them in the form of a square. 

1. What is the perimeter of his arrangement 
2.  Shari does not like his arrangement. She gets him to lay them out like a cross. What is the perimeter of her arrangement ? 
3.  Which has greater perimeter? 
4.  Avneet wonders if there is a way of getting an even greater perimeter. Can you find a way of doing this? (The paving slabs must meet along complete edges i.e. they cannot be broken.)

Find the cost of fencing a rectangular park of length 175 m and breadth 125 m at the rate of Rs 12 per metre.

Find the cost of fencing a square park of side \(250\) \(m\) at the rate of Rs \(20\) per metre.

Two sides of a triangle are 12 cm and 14 cm. The perimeter of the triangle is 36 cm. What is its third side?

Find the side of the square whose perimeter is 20 m.

Find the perimeter of a regular hexagon with each side measuring 8 m.

Find the perimeter of a triangle with sides measuring 10 cm, 14 cm and 15 cm.

A rectangular piece of land measures 0.7 km by 0.5 km. Each side is to be fenced with 4 rows of wires. What is the length of the wire needed?

What is the length of the wooden strip required to frame a photograph of length and breadth 32 cm and 21 cm respectively?

The lid of a rectangular box of sides 40 cm by 10 cm is sealed all round with tape. What is the length of the tape required?

Find the perimeter of each of the following figures :