πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Maya glues a frame around a picture that is 3 centimeters wide and 2 centimeters tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
2A puppy pen is 5 yards long and 4 yards wide. How many yards of fence go all the way around it?
Answer: ______________ yards
3Aiden glues a frame around a picture that is 5 centimeters wide and 5 centimeters tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
4Sam glues a frame around a picture that is 5 centimeters wide and 2 centimeters tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
5A pool cover has to cover a pool 5 feet long and 5 feet wide. How many square feet is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
6Priya paints a picture that is 5 centimeters wide and 3 centimeters tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square centimeters
7Zoe paints a picture that is 3 inches wide and 4 inches tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square inches
8Maya puts a border all the way around a bulletin board that is 3 feet long and 5 feet tall. How many feet of border are needed?
Answer: ______________ feet
9A pool cover has to cover a pool 4 meters long and 2 meters wide. How many square meters is the cover?
Answer: ______________ square meters
10Sam's garden is 2 meters long and 5 meters wide. How many square meters of garden can Sam plant?
Answer: ______________ square meters
11Leo glues a frame around a picture that is 4 centimeters wide and 2 centimeters tall. How long is the frame all the way around?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
12A rug in Omar's room is 5 feet long and 2 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 10 centimeters
- 2. 18 yards
- 3. 20 centimeters
- 4. 14 centimeters
- 5. 25 square feet
- 6. 15 square centimeters
- 7. 12 square inches
- 8. 16 feet
- 9. 8 square meters
- 10. 10 square meters
- 11. 12 centimeters
- 12. 10 square feet
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