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Year 5 Perimeter Worksheets

Year 5 worksheets for calculating and comparing perimeter of rectangles, composite shapes and rectilinear shapes.

Year group

Year 5

Subject

Maths

Topic

Perimeter

Difficulty

KS2

Worksheet type

Measurement

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Year 5 Perimeter Worksheets

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What children practise

These printable worksheets help children build confidence with perimeter through focused, topic-specific practice.

Finding perimeter
Using rectangles and rectilinear shapes
Finding missing lengths
Using units accurately

About these perimeter worksheets

Support Year 5 children with perimeter worksheets for upper KS2 maths practice, fluency and reasoning.

About these Year 5 perimeter worksheets

These Year 5 perimeter worksheets help children build confidence with calculating and comparing perimeter. The questions are designed to support fluency, accuracy and mathematical reasoning.

Children can use these worksheets for classroom practice, home learning, intervention or revision. The content uses UK Year 5 and KS2 wording throughout.

What children learn from this topic

Perimeter helps children strengthen upper KS2 maths knowledge and apply it to calculations, representations or problem-solving contexts.

  • Finding perimeter
  • Using rectangles and rectilinear shapes
  • Finding missing lengths
  • Using units accurately
  • Solving perimeter problems

How parents and teachers can use these worksheets

Parents can use these perimeter worksheets for short, focused practice and ask children to explain the method or reasoning behind each answer.

Teachers can use them for lesson practice, retrieval tasks, small-group support or revision after modelling the key Year 5 concepts.

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Frequently asked questions

What should Year 5 children practise in perimeter?+

Year 5 children should practise calculating and comparing perimeter using accurate methods, clear vocabulary and KS2 reasoning.

How can these perimeter worksheets be used?+

They can be used for classroom practice, home learning, intervention or revision after children have been introduced to the main Year 5 concept.

Why is perimeter important in upper KS2 maths?+

Perimeter helps children build fluency and problem-solving confidence before the more demanding reasoning work they meet in Year 6.