Perimeter Calculator

Find the perimeter of 12 popular shapes with this intuitive perimeter calculator - quick, accurate, and user-friendly!

Only used by some shapes.
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Area80 m²length x width
Square metres80 m²
Square feet861.11 ft²
Acres0.01977
ShapeRectangle / squareLength: 10 m · Width: 8 m

The same area in other units

UnitArea
square meter80 m²
square foot861.1128 ft²
square yard95.6792 yd²
acre0.019768 ac
hectare0.008 ha
square kilometer8.0e-5 km²
square mile3.08882e-5 mi²

The formulas

  • Rectangle: A = length × width
  • Circle: A = π r², where r is half the diameter
  • Triangle: A = ½ × base × height, where the height is measured perpendicular to the base
  • Triangle from three sides: Heron's formula, A = √(s(s−a)(s−b)(s−c)) with s = (a+b+c)/2
  • Trapezoid: A = ½(a + b) × height
  • Ellipse: A = π × ½long × ½short

Awkward shapes

Real plots and rooms are rarely one clean shape. The usual approach is to split the outline into rectangles and triangles, measure each, and add the areas — subtracting any parts that are cut out. For a plot with four unequal sides and no right angles, split it along a diagonal into two triangles and use the three-sides option on each.

Watch the units

Areas scale with the square of a length, which is why the numbers surprise people: doubling both sides of a room quadruples its floor area, and there are 9 square feet in a square yard rather than 3.