LESSON 3:

PERIMETER AND
CIRCUMFERENCE OF
SIMPLE GEOMETRIC
FIGURES
 PERIMETER

 The perimeter of a figure is the total distance around

that figure.

 To find the perimeter of a geometric figure, we add

the lengths of all its sides.

TRIANGLE

 The perimeter of a triangle is the sum of all its three sides.

If a, b and c are the sides of the triangle, then
TRIANGLE

𝑷 =𝑎 +𝑏+ 𝑐 𝑷 =𝑎 +𝑏+ 𝑐
𝑷 =11𝑐𝑚+8 𝑐𝑚+13 𝑐𝑚𝑷 =12 𝑚+9 𝑚+5 𝑚
𝑷 =𝟑𝟐 𝒄𝒎 𝑷 =𝟐 𝟔 𝒎
 SQUARE

 Since all sides of a square are equal, we only need one side
to find its perimeter.
s

s s

s
SQUARE
22 m

𝑷 =4 𝑥 𝑠 𝑷 =4 𝑥 𝑠
𝑷 = 4 𝑥 7 𝑐𝑚𝑷 = 4 𝑥 22 𝑚
𝑷 =𝟐𝟖 𝒄𝒎 𝑷 =𝟖𝟖 𝒎
RECTANGLE

 Since opposite sides of a rectangle are always equal, we

need to find the dimensions of only two sides to find the
perimeter of a rectangle.
RECTANGLE

15 m

20 m

𝑷 =2 𝑥( 𝑙+𝑤) 𝑷 =2 𝑥( 𝑙+𝑤)
𝑷 =2 𝑥(12𝑐𝑚+7 𝑐𝑚) 𝑷 =2 𝑥(20 𝑚+15 𝑚)
𝑷 =2 𝑥 19 𝑐𝑚𝑷 =2 𝑥 35 𝑚
𝑷 =𝟑𝟖 𝒄𝒎 𝑷 =𝟕𝟎 𝒎
PARALLELOGRAM

 Since opposite sides of a parallelogram are parallel and also

equal, we need to find the dimensions of only two sides to
find its perimeter.

a
PARALLELOGRAM
17 in

13 in

𝑷 =2 𝑥( 𝑎+ 𝑏) 𝑷 =2 𝑥( 𝑎+ 𝑏)
𝑷 =2 𝑥(20 𝑚𝑚 +7 𝑚 𝑚) 𝑷 =2 𝑥(17 𝑖𝑛+13 𝑖𝑛)
𝑷 =2 𝑥 27 𝑚 𝑚 𝑷 =2 𝑥 30 𝑖𝑛
𝑷 =𝟓𝟒 𝒎 𝒎 𝑷 =𝟔𝟎 𝒊𝒏
 PENTAGON

 Since a regular pentagon is a polygon with five equal sides,

we only need one side to find its perimeter.

s
PENTAGON

c m
12

𝑷 =5 𝑥 𝑠 𝑷 =5 𝑥 𝑠
𝑷 =5 𝑥 6 𝑚𝑷 =5 𝑥 12 𝑐𝑚
𝑷 =𝟑𝟎 𝒎𝑷 =𝟔𝟎 𝒄𝒎
Example 1: Find the perimeter of the figure below.
10 ft.
𝟐𝟓 𝒇𝒕.−𝟏𝟎 𝒇𝒕.=𝟏𝟓𝒇𝒕.
5 ft.
15 ft.
17 ft. 𝟏𝟕 𝒇𝒕.−𝟓 𝒇𝒕.=𝟏𝟐 𝒇𝒕.
12 ft.

25 ft.
Divide the figure into rectangles to
𝑷 =10+17+25 +5+12+15
determine the length of the missing 𝑷 =𝟖𝟒 𝒇𝒕 .
sides.
Example 2: Find the perimeter of the figure below.

𝟏𝟓𝒎𝒎+𝟖𝒎𝒎=𝟐𝟑𝒎𝒎
𝟏𝟐𝒎𝒎−𝟕𝒎𝒎=𝟓𝒎𝒎
5 mm

23 mm
𝑷 =15+ 12+23+5 +8+ 7
Divide the figure into rectangles to
determine the length of the missing
𝑷 =𝟕𝟎 𝒎𝒎
sides.
 CIRCUMFERENCE
 The circle is another important
geometric figure.
 All points of a circle are of the same
distance from a point within which is
called the center (O).
 The radius (r) of the circle is the
distance from the center to any point of
the circle.
 The diameter (d) of the circle is the
greatest distance across the circle.
 CIRCUMFERENCE
 The distance around a circle is called
circumference.
 If we divide the circumference of any
circle by its diameter, we always get the
same number.
 That number is read as “pi” and is
written as “𝜋” and is equivalent to 3.14.
𝒅=2 ×𝑟
Example 1: Find the circumference of the circle below.

𝑪=𝟐𝟓. 𝟏𝟐𝒄𝒎
Example 2: Find the circumference of the circle that has a
radius of 12 cm.

12 cm

𝑪=𝟕𝟓. 𝟑𝟔𝒄𝒎
Example 3: Find the total distance of the given semi circle.

𝜋 ×𝑑
𝑪=
2
3.14 ×15 𝑚
𝑪=
2
15 m 47.10 𝑚
𝑪=
2
𝑪=𝟐𝟑. 𝟓𝟓𝒎
Example 4: Find the total distance of the given figure below.
𝜋 ×𝑑
𝑪=
2
3.14 ×20 𝑓𝑡
𝑪=
2
62.80 𝑓𝑡
𝑪=
2
𝑷 =31.40 +32+32+ 20 𝑪=31.40 𝑓𝑡
𝑷 =𝟏𝟏𝟓 . 𝟒𝟎 𝒇𝒕
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