πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Aiden glues a frame around a picture that is 3 inches wide and 4 inches tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ inches
2Leo paints a picture that is 4 inches wide and 3 inches tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square inches
3Omar sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 4 feet long and 3 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Omar need?
Answer: ______________ feet
4Lily glues a frame around a picture that is 3 centimeters wide and 3 centimeters tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
5A pool cover has to cover a pool 2 meters long and 4 meters wide. How many square meters is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square meters
6Maya's garden is 5 meters long and 2 meters wide. How many square meters of garden can Maya plant?
Answer: ______________ square meters
7Leo glues a frame around a picture that is 4 centimeters wide and 3 centimeters tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
8Aiden glues a frame around a picture that is 4 inches wide and 5 inches tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ inches
9Lily builds a pen for a puppy, 3 yards long and 5 yards wide. How many square yards of room does the puppy have?
Answer: ______________ square yards
10Priya puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 5 feet long and 3 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
11A playing field is 4 meters long and 2 meters wide. How many square meters of grass does it have?
Answer: ______________ square meters
12A puppy pen is 3 yards long and 2 yards wide. How many yards of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ yards
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 14 inches
- 2. 12 square inches
- 3. 14 feet
- 4. 12 centimeters
- 5. 8 square meters
- 6. 10 square meters
- 7. 14 centimeters
- 8. 18 inches
- 9. 15 square yards
- 10. 16 feet
- 11. 8 square meters
- 12. 10 yards
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